MUR #5121

RESPONDENTS: New Democrat Network; Adam Smith for Congress; Anderson, Robert C.; Andrew, Katy; Autera, Angela M.; Baesler for Congress; Beckett, William A.; Berkowitz, Richard A.; Bill Nelson for U.S. Senate; Breaux, John B.; Brown, W. Herman; Burnett, Sue Brodsky; Byrum for Congress; Carnahan for Senate Committee; Carper for Senate 2000; Citizens to Elect Rick Larsen; Curran, Hilda Patricia; Dooley for Congress (CA); Dooley, Calvin M.; Draper, Patricia; Elaine Bloom for Congress; Foley, Michael; Friends of Jane Harman; Friends of Jim Maloney, Inc.; Gagnon, Peggy; Gore/Lieberman, Inc.; Graham, Bob; Hoosiers for Tim Roemer; Inslee for Congress (WA); Kaufman, Stephen J., Esq.; Lambe, Rebecca; Landow, Susan K.; Landrieu, Mary L.; Laner, Ellen; Lauber, Christine A.; Lauren Beth Gash for Congress; Lehner, Thomas J.; Lieberman, Joseph I.; Lieu, Ted W.; Lincoln, Blanche Lambert; Linda Chapin for Congress; Lindsey, Lisa L.; Mason, Keith W.; Matheson for Congress; McGonigle, Patricia P.; Middleton, J. Howard, Jr.; Mike Honda for Congress; Mike Ross for Congress Committee; Mitchell, Linda; Moore for Congress; Moran, James P., Jr.; Mount, Pamela H.; Nelson 2000; Robb for the Senate; Roemer, Timothy John; Rosenberg, Simon; Rush Holt For Congress; Russell, Hazel A.; Schiff for Congress; Schiff, Adam; Schwartz, Alan; Shapiro, Barry J.; Shidler, Constance; Shrier, Michael A.; Sims, Allen; Smith, Adam; Stabenow for U.S. Senate; Stiles, Edmund W.; Susan Davis for Congress; Towery, James E.; Villarreal, Jose; Wise, James; Witt, Carolyn J.; Zell Miller for Senate, Inc.

COMPLAINANT: McGahn II, Donald F.

SUBJECT: Contributions-Excessive; Disclaimer

DISPOSITION: Decided by vote 5-0 to 1. Find RTB that the New Democrat Network and Simon Rosenberg, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441d, and send an admonishment letter. 2. Find no RTB that the New Democrat Network and Simon Rosenberg, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 433 or 441a(f) in connection with the affiliation-related allegations in the complaint. 3. Find no RTB that Dooley for Congress and Stephen J. Kaufman, as treasurer, violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter. 4. Find no RTB that Calvin M. Dooley violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter. 5. Find no RTB that the following respondents violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter: Hoosiers for Tim Roemer and Christine A. Lauber, as treasurer; Mike Ross for Congress Committee and W. Herman Brown, as treasurer; Mike Honda for Congress and James E. Towery, as treasurer; Schiff for Congress and Stephen J. Kaufman, as treasurer; Susan Davis for Congress and Carolyn J. Witt, as treasurer; Linda Chapin for Congress and William A. Beckett, as treasurer; Elaine Bloom for Congress and Richard A. Berkowitz, as treasurer; Lauren Beth Gash for Congress and Barry J. Shapiro, as treasurer; Byrum for Congress and Hilda Patricia Curran, as treasurer; Matheson for Congress and Allen Sims, as treasurer; Citizens to Elect Rick Larsen and Robert Anderson, as treasurer; Friends of Jane Harman and Ted W. Lieu, as treasurer; Baesler for Congress and Mike Foley, as treasurer; Inslee for Congress and Linda Mitchell, as treasurer; Friends of Jim Maloney, Inc. and Patricia Draper, as treasurer; Rush Holt for Congress, Inc. and Pamela H. Mount, as treasurer; Adam Smith for Congress and Katy Andrew, as treasurer; Moore for Congress and Constance Shidler, as treasurer; Carper for Senate 2000 and Patricia P. McGonigle, as treasurer; Bill Nelson for U.S. Senate and Peggy Gagnon, as treasurer; Zell Miller for Senate, Inc. and Keith W. Mason, as treasurer; Stabenow for U.S. Senate and Angela M. Autera, as treasurer; Carnahan for Senate Committee and Lisa L. Lindsey, as treasurer; Nelson 2000 and Susan K. Landow, as treasurer; Robb for the Senate and Thomas J. Lehner, as treasurer; Gore/Lieberman, Inc. and Jose Villarreal, as treasurer. 6. Find no RTB that the following respondents violated any provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, or Commission regulations in connection with this matter: Sue Brodsky Burnett; Timothy J. Roemer; John B. Breaux; Joseph I. Lieberman; Bob Graham; Mary L. Landrieu; Blanche Lambert Lincoln; James P. Moran, Jr.; Adam Smith. 7. Close the file. 8. Approve the appropriate letters.