MUR #6292

RESPONDENTS: Joe Walsh for Congress Committee, INC.; Donnelly, Bruce; Geissler, Christopher; Javor, Bryan; Miller-Walsh, Helen M.; Walsh, Joe

COMPLAINANT: Cape, Richard M.

SUBJECT: Contributions-Excessive; Other; Reporting

DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 6 - 0 to take the following actions in MUR 6292: 1. Dismiss as a matter of prosecutorial discretion and issue a letter of caution to Joe Walsh for Congress Committee, Inc., and Helene Miller-Walsh in her official capacity as treasurer, in connection with violations of 2 U.S.C. § 434(b) and 11 C.F.R. §§ 104.11 and 116.5. 2. Dismiss as a matter of prosecutorial discretion and issue a letter of caution to Joe Walsh for Congress Committee, Inc., and Helene Miller-Walsh in her official capacity as treasurer, in connection with a violation of 2 U.S.C. § 433(a). 3. Find no reason to believe that Bryan Javor violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(a)(1)(A). 4. Find no reason to believe that Christopher Geissler violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(a)(1)(A). 5. Find no reason to believe that Bruce Donnelly violated 2 U.S.C. § 441a(a)(1)(A). 6. Find no reason to believe that Joe Walsh for Congress Committee, Inc., and Helene Miller-Walsh in her official capacity as treasurer violated 2 U.S.C. § 434(b) in connection with in-kind contributions from Bruce Donnelly. 7. Find no reason to believe that Joe Walsh for Congress Committee Inc., and Helene Miller-Walsh in her official capacity as treasurer violated 2 U.S.C. §§ 441f and 441a(f). 8. Find no reason to believe that Joe Walsh violated 2 U.S.C. § 441f. 9. Approve the Factual and Legal Analyses, as recommended in the First General Counsel's Report dated October 25, 2010, subject to the changes previously circulated in the Factual and Legal Analysis for the Joe Walsh for Congress Committee, Inc., and Helene Miller-Walsh in her official capacity as treasurer. 10. Approve the appropriate letters. 11. Close the file.