MUR #4953

RESPONDENTS: National Republican Congressional Committee; Americans for Economic Growth; Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC); Anderson (f/k/a Singleton), Donna M.; Armey, Richard K.; Buckham, Ed; Davis, Tom; DeLay, Thomas Dale; DeVos, Betsy; DeVos, Richard M.; Ellis, James W.; Gallant, Karl L.; Hastert, Dennis J.; Mattoon, Dan; Mills, Robert G.; Republican Majority Issues Conference; Teltschik, Corwin; U.S Family Network; Ward, Christopher J.; Watts, J. C., Jr.

COMPLAINANTS: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Expenditures; Plouffe, David

SUBJECT: Allocation; Non-federal

DISPOSITION: Decided by vote 5-0 to 1. Accept the conciliation agreement with the National Republican Congressional Committee and Christopher Ward, as treasurer, and close the file as to them, as recommended in the GC Report #3 dated March 17, 2004. 2. Close the file as to the U.S. Family Network. 3. Close the file as to Americans for Economic Growth. 4. Approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report #3 dated March 17, 2004.
Decided by vote 4-0 to 1. Find RTB that the National Republican Congressional Committee and Christopher J. Ward, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(f) and 441b and 11 CFR 102.5(a)(1)(i), 106.5(c), and 106.5(g)(1)(i) based on its failure to properly allocate transferred funds. 2. Find no RTB that the National Republican Congressional Committee and Christopher J. Ward, as treasurer, the U.S. Family Network, Americans for Economic Growth, and the Republican Majority Issues Committee, Inc. violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1) or 441a(f) based on an affiliation theory. 3. Find no RTB that the Republican Majority Issues Committee, Inc. violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to it. 4. Find no RTB that Americans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee and Corwin Teltschik, as treasurer, violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to them. 5. Find no RTB that Representative Tom DeLay violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 6. Find no RTB that Ed Buckham violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 7. Find no RTB that Bob Mills violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 8. Find no RTB that Dan Mattoon violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 9. Find no RTB that Jim Ellis violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 10. Find no RTB that Karl Gallant violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 11. Find no RTB that Representative Tom Davis violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 12. Find no RTB that Dick DeVos violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 13. Find no RTB that Betsy DeVos violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to her. 14. Find no RTB that Representative Dennis Hastert violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 15. Find no RTB that Representative Dick Armey violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 16. Find no RTB that Representative J.C. Watts, Jr. violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter and close the file as to him. 17. Take no action at this time against the U.S. Family Network. 18. Take no action at this time against Americans for Economic Growth. 19. Approve the Subpoena to Produce Documents and Order to Submit Written Answers directed to the National Republican Congressional Committee and Christopher J. Ward, as treasurer, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 20. Approve the Subpoena to Produce Documents and Order to Submit Written Answers directed to the U.S. Family Network, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 21. Approve the Subpoena to Produce Documents and Order to Submit Written Answers directed to Americans for Economic Growth, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 22. Approve the Subpoena to Produce Documents and Order to Submit Written Answers directed to Bob Mills, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 23. Approve the Subpoena to Produce Documents and Order to Submit Written Answers directed to Scott Hatch, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 24. Approve the Subpoena to Produce Documents and Order to Submit Written Answers directed to Ed Buckham, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 25. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis to the National Republican Congressional Committee and Christopher J. Ward, as treasurer, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 26. Approve the sample Subpoenas for the Depositions of Bob Mills, Scott Hatch, Ed Buckham, and Jim Ellis, as recommended in the GC Report dated May 20, 2003. 27. Approve the appropriate letters.