MUR #4624

RESPONDENTS: The Coalition; American Bakers Association; American Furniture Manufacturers Association; American Insurance Association; American Petroleum Institute; American Trucking Associations, Inc.; American Wholesale Marketers Association; Americans For Tax Reform; Anderson (f/k/a Singleton), Donna M.; Associated Builders and Contractors PAC; Associated General Contractors Of America; Association For Suppliers Of Printing & Publishing Technologies f/k/a National Printing Equipment and Supply Association; Bass Victory '98 Committee; Bass, Alexander; Bob Ney For Congress; Boehner, John; Bratton, Richard, Sr.; Bruce, George C.; Bush, Donald B.; Business Leadership Council; Byer, David; Castellanos, Alex; Chamber of Commerce of the United States (a/k/a U.S. Chamber Of Commerce); Chambliss For Congress; Chapman, Steven B.; Chenoweth For Congress Committee; Christensen, Daniel J.; Christensen, Jon; Citizens For A Sound Economy (NKA Freedom Works, Inc.); Citizens For Peter Torkildsen; Citizens For Walsh; Copeland, Susan; Coulter, Anne M.; Cremeans for Congress; Crockett, Kimberly Reynolds; Cubin for Congress; Cubin, Barbara Lynn; Deisher, Timothy R.; Dick Chrysler For Congress; Ensign for Senate f/k/a John Ensign for U.S. Senate; Environmental Industry Association; Food Distributors International; Fox For Congress Committee; Frank Riggs For Congress; Franks for Congress; Fregiato, Cynthia L.; Friends For Franks (1996); Friends For Rick White; Friends of Jim Bunn; Friends of John Hostettler Committee; Friends of Steve Stockman; Funderburk For Congress '96; Garrelts, Gene; Greener, Charles; Grosselin, Richard R.; Gutknecht for U.S. Congress Committee; Gutknecht, Gilbert William, Jr.; Hall, Jim; Hart, John; International Franchise Association; International Mass Retail Association, Inc.; Irwin, Steve; Jackson, Richard W.; Jenkins, Frank W.; Johnson, Saundra J.; Jon Christensen for Congress Committee; Josten, R. Bruce; Longley for Congress '96; McCord, Frank M.; McGuire, Edward P.; Moran, Edward J.; Munson, Dawna K.; National Association Of Convenience Stores; National Association Of Independent Insurers; National Association Of Manufacturers; National Association Of Wholesaler Distributors; National Council Of Chain Restaurants; National Federation Of Independent Business; National Paper Trade Association; National Policy Forum; National Republican Congressional Committee Contributions; National Restaurant Association; National Retail Federation, Inc.; National Roofing Contractors Association; Nethercutt for Congress '96; Neumann For Congress; Nichols, Bob; Norwood For Congress; People For English; People For Ganske; Poitevint, Alec; Presley, Betty; Printing Industries Of America, Inc./Master Printers Of America; Randy Tate For Congress Committee; Republican National Committee (RNC); Riggs, Frank; Ruen, Lowell V.; Sanders, James; Schroeder, Donald N.; Seastrand '96; Serotta, Abram J.; Shannon, Kevin L.; Smith, Edward E.; Steve Chabot For Congress; Stubbs, Wade A.; Tarrance Group; Tate For Congress; Thursday Group; Todd Tiahrt For Congress; Tom Coburn For Congress Committee; Tringali, Brian; Tyndall, David R.; Van Hilleary For Congress; Walsh For Congress Committee; White, Rick; Whitfield , E. O.; Whitfield For Congress Committee

COMPLAINANT: DNC Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee

SUBJECT: Contributions-Corporations; Disclaimer

DISPOSITION: Decided by vote 4-1 on an amended pre-meeting tally, to take the following actions with respect to MUR 4624: (1) Take no further action against and close the file as to: a) The Coalition b) Bruce Josten c) United States Chamber of Commerce d) Associated Builders and Contractors e) National Federation of Independent Business f) Associated General Contractors of America g) National Restaurant Association h) Business Leadership Council i) National Association of Manufacturers j) Environmental Industry Associations k) National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors l) Food Distributors International m) Americans for Tax Reform n) International Franchise Association o) Citizens for a Sound Economy p) International Mass Retail Association, Inc. q) American Bakers Association r) National Association of Convenience Stores s) American Furniture Manufacturers Association t) National Association of Independent Insurers u) The American Insurance Association v) National Council of Chain Restaurants w) American Petroleum Institute x) National Paper Trade Association y) American Trucking Associations, Inc. z) Association for Suppliers of Printing and Publishing Technologies f/k/a National Printing Equipment and Supply Association aa) American Wholesale Marketers Association bb) National Retail Federation, Inc. cc) National Roofing Contractors Association dd) Printing Industries of America, Inc./Master Printers of America ee) National Republican Congressional Committee ff) Donna Anderson, as treasurer gg) Jon Christensen for Congress Committee and Gene Garrelts, as treasurer hh) Cubin for Congress and Richard Bratton, Sr., as treasurer ii) Cremeans for Congress and Steven B. Chapman, as treasurer jj) Gutknecht for US Congress Committee and Dr. David Byer, as treasurer kk) Nethercutt for Congress '96 and Lowell V. Ruen, as treasurer ll) Seastrand '96 and Betty Presley, as treasurer mm) Randy Tate for Congress Committee and Kevin Shannon, as treasurer. (2) Close the file as to: a) Bass Victory '98 Committee and Alexander Bass, as treasurer b) Van Hilleary for Congress and Bob Nichols, as treasurer c) Peter Blute for Congress and Susan Copeland, as treasurer d) Friends of John Hostettler and Timothy R. Deisher, as treasurer e) Friends of Jim Bunn and Jim Hall, as treasurer f) Longley for Congress '96 and Richard R. Gosselin, as treasurer g) Steven J. Chabot for Congress and Donald B. Bush, as treasurer h) Friends of Jack Metcalf and Frank McCord, as treasurer i) Chambliss for Congress and David R. Tyndall, as treasurer j) Neumann for U.S. Senate and Scott Heins, as treasurer k) Chenoweth for Congress Committee and Richard W. Jackson, as treasurer l) Bob Ney for Congress and Cynthia L. Fregiato, as treasurer m) Dick Chrysler for Congress and John R. Bennett, as treasurer n) Norwood for Congress and Abram J. Serotta, as treasurer o) Tom Coburn for Congress Committee and Wade A. Stubbs, as treasurer p) Frank Riggs for Congress and Daniel J. Christensen, as treasurer q) People for English Committee and Edward E. Smith, as treasurer r) Friends of Steve Stockman and John Hart, as treasurer s) John Ensign for U.S. Senate and Saundra J. Johnson, as treasurer t) Todd Tiahrt for Congress and George Bruce, as treasurer u) Fox for Congress Committee and Frank W. Jenkins, as treasurer v) Citizens for Peter Torkildsen Committee and Edward P. McGuire, as treasurer w) Franks for Congress and Martin Berber, as treasurer x) Walsh for Congress Committee and Edward J. Moran, as treasurer y) Funderburk for Congress '96 and Donald Schroeder, as treasurer z) Friends of Rick White and Dawna Munson, as treasurer aa) People for Ganske and Steve Irwin, as treasurer bb) Whitfield for Congress Committee and E.O. Whitfield, as treasurer cc) Committee to Re-Elect J.D. Hayworth and Kirk Knight, as treasurer dd) Friends for Franks and James R. Sanders, as treasurer ee) Republican National Committee and Alec Poitevint, as treasurer ff) The National Policy Forum, the Thursday Group, the Tarrance Group, Brian Tringali, Alejandro Castellanos, and Charles Greener gg) Representatives John Boehner, Jon Christensen, Barbara Lynn Cubin, Gilbert W. Gutknecht, Frank Riggs, and Rick White. (3) Approve the appropriate letters.