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Statements and Opinions

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Rulemakings

• Statement on the Adoption of New Travel Regulations, December 14, 2007 [WORD] [PDF]
• Statement on Proposed Interim Final Rule Exempting Certain Grassroots Lobbying Communications From BCRA's Electioneering Communications Provisions, August 3, 2006 [WORD] [PDF]
• Statement on Commission's Decision Not To Open New Rulemaking on 527 Organizations, May 31, 2006 [WORD] [PDF]
• Statement on Internet Rulemaking, March 27, 2006 [WORD] [PDF]
• Statement on Definitions of "Solicit" and "Direct," February 23, 2006 [WORD] [PDF]
• Statement on Final Rule on Definition of Agent for BCRA Regulations on Non-Federal Funds or Soft Money and Coordinated and Independent Expenditures, January 23, 2006 [WORD] [PDF]

Statements of Reasons in Enforcement Matters

• MUR 5711, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Representative Nancy Pelosi and Phil Angelides (re: Federal candidate's appearance on a non-federal candidate's website and the Cantor/RGA advisory opinions), September 20, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5787R, David Vitter for U.S. Senate and William Vanderbrook in his official capacity as treasurer (re: Disclosure on polling and research telephone calls), September 4, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5679, Scranton Times-Tribune; Bob Casey for Pennsylvania Committee, and Vanessa DeSalvo Getz, as treasurer (re: Scope of the media exemption), April 12, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5722, Friends for Lauzen and Lee Holmes, in his official capacity as Treasurer, Chris Lauzen (re: Funding of "testing the waters" activity), March 26, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5681, High Point Regional Association of Realtors; National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee and Bruce Wolf, in his official capacity as treasurer (re: Solicitation by trade association PAC in monthly newsletter), March 26, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5733/MUR 5672, John "Jack" Davis Jr., in his personal capacity; Jack Davis for Congress and Robert R. Davis, in his official capacity as treasurer; I Squared R Element Co., Inc.; Save American Jobs PAC; Jack Davis Exploratory Committee, Inc.; Davis for Congress and Alan J. Davis, in his official capacity as treasurer (re: The intent element of the "testing the waters" regulation; disclaimer requirements for e-mail communications), March 13, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5672/MUR 5733, Save American Jobs Association, Inc.; Jack Davis for Congress and Robert R. Davis, in his official capacity as treasurer; I Sqared R Element Co., Inc.; Save Jobs Party and Jack Davis, in his official capacity as treasurer; John "Jack" Davis Jr., in his personal capacity (re: The intent element of the "testing the waters" regulation; disclaimer requirements for e-mail communications) March 13, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5597, John McConnel Wolfe, Jr.; John McConnel Wolfe, Jr. for Congress and Alfred F. Teague, in his official capacity as treasurer (re: Fact-specific dismissal; prosecutorial discretion), March 13, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5743, Betty Sutton; Betty Sutton for Congress and Joseph Quolke, in his official capacity as treasurer; EMILY's List and Judy Lichtman, in her official capacity as treasurer; OH Women's Vote!, a project of EMILY's List (re: Use of photograph publicly available on internet does not constitute replication of campaign materials), January 23, 2007 [PDF]
• MUR 5744, Daniel W. Hynes; Hynes for Senate, and Jeffrey C. Wagner, in his official capacity as treasurer (re: Personal liability of a candidate entitled to increased contribution limits under the Millionaire's Amendment), December 19, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5604, William D. Mason; Friends of William D. Mason and Thomas Regas, in his official capaicty as treasurer; Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc. and Robert Farmer, in his official capacity as treasurer (re: Handbills and the volunteer exemption; handbills are not public communications), December 11, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5410, Oberweis Dairy, Inc.; Robert Renaut; James D. Oberweis; Oberweis for U.S. Senate 2004, Inc. and Joseph M. Wiegand, in his official capacity as Treasurer (re: Commercial advertisements as coordinated communications), December 8, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5526, Graf for Congress, and Thomas Linn, in his official capacity as treasurer (re: Disclaimer requirements for websites), November 27, 2006 [PDF]
• Dissenting opinion, MUR 5563, Kirk Shelmerdine Racing, LLC (re: The federal campaign finance law implications of campaign decals on a NASCAR driver's race car), September 29, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5651, Joseph Gallagher, Blought County Democratic Committee, and Arnold G. Pesterfield, Treasurer (re: Amount threshold for pursuing enforcement actions predicated on FEA, coordinated communication, independent expenditure, and/or political committee status violations), September 21, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5600, Michigan Democratic State Central Committee and Alan Helmkamp, in his official capacity as treasurer ; John D. Dingell for Congress Committee and Guy R. Martin, in his official capacity as treasurer; Representative John D. Dingell (re: Applicability of federal disclosure requirements to communications made wholly in connection with nonfederal elections and paid for with nonfederal funds from nonfederal accounts), June 30, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5721, Lockheed Martin Employees’ PAC and Stephen E. Chaudet, in his official capacity as treasurer; Kenneth Phelps, in his personal capacity. (re: Regarding the maintenance of payroll deduction authorization forms and recordkeeping requirements), June 12, 2006 [WORD] [PDF]
• ADR 243/MUR 5516, Patlak for Congress and James S. Carver, Treasurer (re: Rejection of Alternative Dispute Resolution Office (ADR) proposed settlement), May 17, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5641, Robert Shrum, John Kerry for President, Inc., David Thorne, Treasurer and Shrum Devine & Donilon, Inc. (re: Contract disputes that implicate federal campaign finance laws), May 10, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5595, World Class Gun Shows, Inc & Clear Channel Communications, Inc.—WFBQ Radio (re: Application of Electioneering Communication provision to commercial advertising), April 7, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5569, Cynthia Matthews, Committee to Elect Cynthia Matthews, John Kobylt, Ken Chiampou, KFI AM-640, and Kinde Durkee, Treasurer (re: Proper application of the media exemption), March 17, 2006 [PDF]
• MUR 5555, Dave Ross, Friends of Dave Ross, Entersom Seattle, LLC d/b/a/ KIRO-AM and Philip Lloyd, Treasurer (re: Proper application of the media exemption), March 17, 2006 [PDF]

Litigation

• Statement on the Commission’s Implementation of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC, November 20, 2007 [PDF]

Advisory Opinions

• Concurring Opinion, Advisory Opinion 2007-11 (with Commissioner Mason), California State Party Committees (re: Including name of Federal candidate/officeholder as "Featured Speaker" or "Honored Guest" on invitations to State or local party non-Federal fundraiser does not violate FECA), August 3, 2007 [PDF]
• Dissenting Opinion, Advisory Opinion 2007-04, Atlatl, Inc. (re: Political committee payment of credit card processing fees), April 19, 2007 [PDF]
• Concurring Opinion, Advisory Opinion 2006-33 (with Commissioner Mason), National Association of Realtors, December 19, 2006 [PDF]
• Statement, Advisory Opinion 2006-31 (with Commissioners Toner and Mason), Bob Casey for Pennsylvania Committee (re: provisions of lowest unit charge and in-kind contributions), October 24, 2006 [PDF]
• Dissenting Opinion, Advisoy Opinion 2006-24, National Republican Senatorial Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Re: election recount funding), October 5, 2006 [PDF]
• Concurring Opinion (with Commissioner Mason) and Dissenting Opinion of Commissioner Toner, AO 2006-10, EchoStar Satellite LLC (re: Public service announcements and the solicitation exemption of the coordinated communication regulations), September 26, 2006 [PDF]
• Concurring Opinion, Advisory Opinion 2006-19, Los Angeles County Democratic Party Central Committee (LACDP), June 5, 2006 [PDF]
• Dissenting Opinion, Advisory Opinion 2006-04 (with Commissioner Toner), John Ponder, Treasurer—Thomas Tancredo for Congress Committee (re: Contributions of federal candidate to state ballot initiatives), May 16, 2006 [PDF]

Audits/Public Financing

• Statement of Commissioners von Spakovsky and Mason, Final Audit Report on Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc., May 31, 2007 [PDF]
• Statement of Commissioners von Spakovsky and Mason, Final Audit Report on Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc., March 22, 2007 [PDF]