MUR #5328

RESPONDENTS: Joe Turnham for Congress (AL); Chellie Pingree for US Senate; Clark for Congress; Committee to Elect Lincoln Davis; Crewe, Daniel N.; Davis, Sharon B.; Deger, David C.; Dutch Ruppersberger for Congress; Greenberg, Andrew; Hambrecht, Sally; Hambrecht, William R.; Hoffman, Marilyn; Jackson, Stephen B.; Julie Thomas for Congress Campaign Committee; McCarthy, Leo T.; Nancy Pelosi for Congress; PAC to the Future; Pelosi, Nancy; Pelosi, Paul F.; Sandler, Joseph E., Esq.; Smith, Jennifer Lewis; Team Majority; Turnham, Pete; Van Hollen for Congress; Warren, Kirk, Esq.; Wofford for Congress; Zimmer, George

COMPLAINANTS: Boehm, Kenneth F.; National Legal and Policy Center

SUBJECT: Contributions-Excessive; Reporting

DISPOSITION: Decided by vote 6-0 to 1. Accept the conciliation agreement from Joe Turnham for Congress and Pete Turnham, as treasurer, as recommended in GC Report #4 dated February 18, 2004. .................... REDACTED .................... 3. Take no action with respect to George Zimmer and close the file in MUR 5328. 4. Approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in GC Report #4 dated February 18, 2004
Decided by vote 5-0 to 1. Accept the conciliation agreement from Van Hollen for Congress and Jennifer Lewis Smith, as treasurer, and close the file as to them, as recommended in the GC Report #3 dated October 21 2003. 2. Approve the appropriate letter, as recommended in the GC Report #3 dated October 21 2003.
Decided by vote 5-0 to 1. Accept the conciliation agreement from PAC to the Future and Leo McCarthy, as treasurer, and Team Majority and Leo McCarthy, as treasurer, and close the file as to them. 2. Accept the conciliation agreement from Julie Thomas for Congress Campaign Committee and Stephen B. Jackson, as treasurer, and close the file as to them. 3. Approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the GC Report #2 dated October 2, 2003.
Decided by a vote of 5-0 to take the following actions in MUR 5328: 1. Find reason to believe that PAC to the Future and Leo McCarthy, as treasurer, and Team Majority and Leo McCarthy, as treasurer,violated 2 U.S.C. §§ 433(b)(2), 441a(a)(2)(A),and 441a(f) 2. Find reason to believe that Joe Turnham for Congress and Pete Turnham, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(f).3. Find reason to believe that Julie Thomas for Congress Campaign Committee and Stephen B. Jackson, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(f). 4. Find reason to believe that Van Hollen for Congress and Jennifer Lewis Smith, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(f).5. .................... REDACTED .................... 6. .................... REDACTED .................... 7. Take no action at this time with respect to George Zimmer. 8. Find no reason to believe that Representative Nancy Pelosi 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. 9. Dismiss the complaint with respect to Nancy Pelosi for Congress and Paul F. Pelosi, as treasurer, and close the file as to them. 10. Find no reason to believe that Chellie Pingree for U.S. Senate and Daniel N. Crewe, as treasurer; Clark for Congress and Marilyn Hoffman, as treasurer; Committee to Elect Lincoln Davis and Sharon B. Davis, as treasurer; Dutch Ruppersberger for Congress and David C. Deger, as treasurer; Wofford for Congress and Andrew Greenberg, 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. 11. Find no reason to believe that William Hambrecht and Sally Hambrecht 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.12. Approve the Factual and Legal Analyses, as recommended in the General Counsel's Report dated August 18, 2003. 13. Enter into conciliation with PAC to the Future and Leo McCarthy, as treasurer; Team Majority and Leo McCarthy, as treasurer; Joe Turnham for Congress and Pete Turnham, as treasurer; Julie Thomas for Congress Campaign Committee and Stephen B. Jackson, as treasurer; Van Hollen for Congress and Jennifer Lewis Smith, as treasurer; .................... REDACTED .................... prior to a finding of probable cause to believe. 14. Approve the conciliation agreements, as recommended in the General Counsel's Report dated August 18, 2003.15. Approve the appropriate letters.