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Federal Election Commission | United States of America

MUR #5751

Leadership Forum

Summary

RESPONDENT: The Leadership Forum

COMPLAINANT:

SUBJECT: Reporting

DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 on an amended pre-meeting tally, to take the following actions in MUR 5751:1. Take no further action as to The Leadership Forum. 2. Close the file.3. Approve the appropriate letter.
The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions in MURs ........................REDACTED............................1). Sever the Leadership Forum and open a new MUR.2)...................REDACTED.......................3)..................REDACTED.......................... 4).......................REDACTED....................... 5). Sever League of Conservation Voters 527; League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and Barbara Gonzalez-McIntosh, as Treasurer, and open a new MUR.6). Sever MoveOn PAC and Wesley Boyd, as Treasurer, and MoveOn.org Voter Fund; and open a new MUR.7)................REDACTED..........................
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-2 .........................REDACTED.....................to: a)find reason to believe that the Leadership Forum violated 2 U.S.C. §§ 433, 434, 441a(f), and 441b(a) by failing to register as a political committee with the Commission, by failing to report contributions and expenditures, by knowingly accepting contributions in excess of $5,000, and by knowingly accepting corporate and/or union contributions. b). Approve the appropriate factual and legal analysis for the Leadership Forum. c)........................REDACTED...............d). Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission failed by a vote of 3-2, ................REDACTED............... to pass a motion to:a.Find reason to believe that the Leadership Forum violated 2 U.S.C. §§ 433, 434, 441a(f), and 441b(a) by failing to register as a political committee with the Commission, by failing to report contributions and expenditures, by knowingly accepting contributions in excess of $5,000, and by knowingly accepting corporate and/or union contributions. b.Approve the appropriate factual and legal analysis for the Leadership Forum, to be circulated for Commission approval on a tally vote basis. c....................REDACTED...................d.Approve the appropriate letters.
The Commission decided by a vote of 4-1, .........................REDACTED....................... to:Take no action at this time against the Leadership Forum.

Disposition

Disposition Penalty Respondent Citation
Reason to Believe Finding/No Further Action The Leadership Forum 2 U.S.C. §433
2 U.S.C. §434
2 U.S.C. §441a(f)
2 U.S.C. §441b(a)

Documents

Type Date Document
Complaint, Responses, Designation of Counsel and Extensions of Time 02/23/2004 Reponse and Designation of Counsel from The Leadership Forum 2 MB
01/15/2004 Complaint 4 MB
General Counsel Reports, Briefs, Notifications and Responses 08/28/2006 Notification to The Leadership Forum, Inc. 47 KB
08/28/2006 Notification to Center for Responsive Politics 58 KB
08/28/2006 Notification to Campaign Legal Center 59 KB
08/28/2006 Notification to Democracy 21 57 KB
07/13/2006 General Counsel's Report #2 486 KB
05/22/2006 Leadership Forum, LCV, MoveOn.org 77 KB
10/20/2004 Notification with Factual and Legal Analysis to The Leadership Forum, Inc. 257 KB
Certifications 08/01/2006 The Leadership Forum 29 KB
05/25/2006 527 MURs Leadership Forum, LCV, MoveOn.org, 47 KB
09/28/2004 MoveOn PAC and Wesley Boyd, as Treasurer; MoveOn Voter 2004 527; League of Conservation Voters Action Fund and Gwendolyn M. Sommer, as Treasurer; League of Conservation Voters 527; Leadership Forum 81 KB
09/15/2004 Leadership Forum; League of Conservation Voters and Gwendolyn M. Sommer as Treasurer; MoveOn.org Voter Fund; 113 KB

Participants

Relationship Name
Primary respondent The Leadership Forum
Respondent's counsel Passantino, Stefan C., Esq.
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