The information in The Almanac of American Politics contains a variety of abbreviations that may not always be immediately clear upon first reading. Here is a sort of guidebook, or abbreviations-to-English dictionary to follow.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L
M | N | P | R | S | T | U | V | W |

- A -

A.A.	Administrative Assistant
ABC	Americans for Better Childcare Act
ACLU	American Civil Liberties Union
ACP	A Connecticut Party
ACU	American Conservative Union
ADA	Americans for Democratic Action; Americans with Disabilities Act
ADFC	Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFS	American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
AI	Alaska Independent Party
ANWR	Alaska National Wildlife Reserve
AS	American Samoa
ASI	American Systems Independent Party (Pa.)

- B -

Bd.	Board
BGH	Bovine Growth Hormone
Btu	British thermal units
BVP	Brooklyn Voters Party (N.Y.)

- C -

C	Conservative Party
CAB	Civil Aeronautics Board
CAFE	Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CFA	Consumer Federation of America
CCP	Change Congress Party
CHC	Christian Coalition
CHOB	Cannon House Office Building
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
COC	Chamber of Commerce of the United States
COLA	Cost of Living Adjustment
CON	Concord Coalition

- D -

D	Democrat
DCCC	Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Dem.	Democratic
DFL	Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (Minn.)
DLC	Democratic Leadership Council
DNC	Democratic National Committee
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
DOT	U.S. Department of Transportation
DSCC	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
DSOB	Dirksen Senate Office Building

- E -

EMILY	EMILY's List-Early Money
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERISA	Employee Retirement Income Security Act

- F -

FEC	Federal Election Commission
FR	Freedom Party (NY)
FY	Fiscal Year

- G -

GREEN

Green Party

- H -

H	Capitol Building Room -- House side
HSOB	Hart Senate Office Building

- I -

I, Ind., Indep.	Independent
IC	Independent Conservative
IMF	International Monetary Fund
INF	Independent Fusion Party
INN	Independent Neighbors Party (NY)
IR	Independent-Republican
IRA	Individual Retirment Account
ISTEA	Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
IVP	Independent Voters Party

- J -

JBS	Jobs Party (N.Y.)

- L -

L	Liberal Party
LCV	League of Conservation Voters
LHOB	Longworth House Office Building
LIB	Libertarian Party
LIF	Long Island First Party (N.Y.)
LWV	League of Women Voters

- M -

MFN	Most Favored Nation
MTV	Music Television

- N -

NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NAP	New Alliance Party (Mass.)
NARAL	National Abortion Rights Action League
NEA	National Endowment for the Arts
NFIB	National Federation of Independent Business
NRCC	National Republican Congressional Committee
NRSC	National Republican Senatorial Committee
NTLC	National Tax-Limitation Committee

- P -

PAC	Political Action Committee
P & F	Peace & Freedom Party (Calif.)
PDP	Popular Democratic Party (P.R.)
POP	Populist Party
PR	Puerto Rico
PS	Protect Seniors Party (NY)

- R -

R, Repub.	Republican
RC	Rainbow Coalition
Rep./s	Representative/s
RHOB	Rayburn House Office Building
RLDS	Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints
RMM	Ranking Minority Member
RNC	Republican National Committee
RSOB	Russell Senate Office Building
RTL	Right-to-Life Party (N.Y.)

- S -

S	Capitol Building Room, Senate side
S & L	Savings and Loan
SDI	Strategic Defense Initiative
Sen./s	Senator/s
SIS	Staten Island Secession Party (N.Y.)
SM	Save Medicare Party (NY)
SOL	Solidarity Party (Ill.)
S.U.N.Y.	State University of New York
SWP	Socialist Workers Party (Minn.)

- T -

TXB	Tax Break Party (N.Y.)

- U -

UAW	United Auto Workers

- V -

VA	Veterans' Administration
VNS	Voter News Service
VRP	Voters Rights Party (N.Y.)

- W -

WASP	White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant
WIC	Women and Infant Children

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