MUR #5024R

RESPONDENTS: Council for Responsible Government, Inc.; Accountability Project; Glenn, Gary; Wilson, William "Bill"

COMPLAINANT: Kean for Congress Committee

SUBJECT: Contributions-Corporations; Disclaimer; Expenditures-Exemptions

DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 5 - 0 to take the following actions in MUR 5024R: 1. Accept the conciliation agreement, as recommended in the General Counsel?s Report #4 dated November 3, 2005. 2. Approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the General Counsel?s Report #4 dated November 3, 2005. 3. Close the file.
Decided by a vote of 5-1 to take the following actions in MUR 5024R: 1. Authorize this office to enter into pre-probable cause conciliation with all respondents. 2. Approve the Conciliation Agreement, as recommended in the General Counsel?s Report #3 dated August 12, 2005.
Decided by a vote of 5-1 to take the following actions in MUR 5024R: 1. Find reason to believe that the Council for Responsible Government, Inc. and its Accountability Project violated 2 U.S.C. §§ 433, 434, 441a(f), and 441b(a) by failing to register as a political committee with the Commission, failing to report its contributions and expenditures, knowingly accepting contributions in excess of $5,000, and knowingly accepting corporate and/or union contributions; or in the alternative, that the Council for Responsible Government, Inc. and its Accountability Project violated § 441b(a) and 441d(a) by making prohibited corporate independent expenditures that failed to contain a proper disclaimer and that William ?Bill? Wilson and Gary Glenn, as corporate officers of the Council, violated 2 U.S.C. § 441b(a) by consenting to prohibited corporate independent expenditures.2. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the General Counsel?s Memorandum dated April 7, 2005.3. ............... REDACTED ............... 4. Approve the appropriate letters.