Editing EMILY's List (section)

==Criticism==
Critics would like to see EMILYs List expand its definition of "women's issues" to include economic issues like a higher minimum wage and expanded [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]]. Others have said that the group needs to focus its resources better, staying out of races where there is already an incumbent progressive Democrat and concentrating on other races instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/04/progressive-left-s-latest-target-emily-s-list.html |title=Progressive Left's Latest Target: EMILYs List |work=The Daily Beast |date=September 4, 2014 |access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> Democrat [[Marcy Kaptur]] criticized EMILYs List for being too narrow in focus by emphasizing abortion rights over other progressive issues, such as the minimum wage, that also affect women.<ref name=national/>

EMILYs List in the past has received some criticism for how much money they are accepting and where that money is going to as being a [[Political action committee|Political Action Committee]] or PAC. In Nick Hoffman's article EMILYs List v. FEC<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |jstor = 27895773|title = EMILYs List v. FEC|journal = The Urban Lawyer|volume = 42|issue = 1|pages = 210–212|last1 = Hoffman|first1 = Nick|year = 2010}}</ref> he discusses EMILYs List as a non-profit that has had trouble with the [[Federal Election Commission]] or FEC. Hoffman accuses EMILYs List of arguing with the FEC over how much money should be allowed to be given to [[Political campaign|campaigns]]. EMILYs List has been criticized for pushing the allowance of no limit on how much money can be donated to campaigns.<ref name=":02"/>