MUR #6411
NANCY PELOSI, ET ALSummary
RESPONDENTS: Pelosi, Nancy; 2010 Leadership Council; Accountability 2010; Advancing Wisconsin Inc.; America's Families First Action Fund; American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees - P E O P L E; American Federation of Teachers; Blue America PAC Independent Expenditure Committee; Blue Green Alliance, Inc.; Campaign Money Watch; Citizens for Strength and Security; Citizens for Strength and Security Action Fund Inc.; Coleman, R. Brooke; Communications Workers of America Working Voices; Cortese, Antonia M.; Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund; Horne, Andrew; Hudson, Gerald; Klein, Howard; Korzen, Christopher; Larson, John B.; League of Conservation Voters, Inc.; Majority Action PAC; Malcolm , Ellen R.; Matthew 25 Network; NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE (FKA NEAPAC); National Wildlife Federation Action Fund; Planned Parenthood Votes; Rechenbach, Jeffrey; Rocha, Charles E.; Rudd, David; Samulcek, Aaron; Saunders, Lee A.; Sease, Debbie; Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education ("SEIU COPE"); Sierra Club Political Committee; The American Worker, Inc.; VoteVets.org Action Fund; Wilson, John; Women Vote!; Zamore, Judy
COMPLAINANTS: Let Freedom Ring, Inc.; Mitchell, Cleta, Esq.; Hanna, Colin
SUBJECT: Contributions-Prohibited; Contributions-Excessive; Other
DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions in MUR 6411: 1. Find no reason to believe that Representative Nancy Pelosi and Representative John Larson violated the Act in connection with the allegations in this matter. 2. Find no reason to believe that 2010 Leadership Council and Andrew Horne, in his official capacity as treasurer; Advancing Wisconsin; Accountability 2010 and Brooke Coleman, in his official capacity as treasurer; America's Families First Action Fund and David Rudd, in his official capacity as treasurer; American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees PEOPLE and Lee A. Saunders, in his official capacity as treasurer; American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education and Antonia M. Cortese, in her official capacity as treasurer; Blue America PAC Independent Expenditure Committee and Howie Klein, in his official capacity as treasurer; Blue Green Alliance; Campaign Money Watch; Citizens for Strength and Security; Citizens for Strength and Security Action Fund; Communications Workers of America Working Voices and Jeffrey Rechenbach, in his official capacity as treasurer; Defenders of Wildlife; Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund; League of Conservation Voters, Inc.; Majority Action PAC and Judy Zamore, in her official capacity as treasurer; Matthew 25 Network and Christopher Korzen, in his official capacity as treasurer; National Wildlife Federation Action Fund; NEA Fund for Children and Public Education and John Wilson, in his official capacity as treasurer; Planned Parenthood Votes and Aaron Samulcek, in his official capacity as treasurer; Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education and Gerald Hudson, in his official capacity as treasurer; Sierra Club Political Committee and Debbie Sease, in her official capacity as treasurer; The American Worker, Inc. and Chuck Rocha, in his official capacity as treasurer; VoteVets.org Action Fund; WOMEN VOTE! and Ellen Malcolm, in her official capacity as Treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. ยงยง 441a(a) or 441b. 3. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis, as recommended in the First General Counsel's Report dated May 16, 2011. 4. Approve the appropriate letters. 5. Close the file.
Disposition
Disposition | Penalty | Respondent | Citation |
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Dismissed-Other | Larson, John B. | ||
Pelosi, Nancy | |||
No RTB | 2010 Leadership Council |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Accountability 2010 |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Advancing Wisconsin Inc. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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America's Families First Action Fund |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees - P E O P L E |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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American Federation of Teachers |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Blue America PAC Independent Expenditure Committee |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Blue Green Alliance, Inc. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Campaign Money Watch |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Citizens for Strength and Security |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Coleman, R. Brooke |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Communications Workers of America Working Voices |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Cortese, Antonia M. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Horne, Andrew |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Hudson, Gerald |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Klein, Howard |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Korzen, Christopher |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Larson, John B. | |||
League of Conservation Voters, Inc. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Majority Action PAC |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Malcolm , Ellen R. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Matthew 25 Network |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE (FKA NEAPAC) |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Pelosi, Nancy | |||
Planned Parenthood Votes |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Rechenbach, Jeffrey |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Rocha, Charles E. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Rudd, David |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Samulcek, Aaron |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Saunders, Lee A. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Sease, Debbie |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education ("SEIU COPE") |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Sierra Club Political Committee |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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The American Worker, Inc. |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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VoteVets.org Action Fund |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Wilson, John |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Women Vote! |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
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Zamore, Judy |
2
U.S.C.
§441a(a)
2 U.S.C. §441b |
Documents
Participants
Relationship | Name |
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Primary respondent | Pelosi, Nancy |
Previous respondent | 2010 Leadership Council |
Accountability 2010 | |
Advancing Wisconsin Inc. | |
America's Families First Action Fund | |
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees - P E O P L E | |
American Federation of Teachers | |
Blue America PAC Independent Expenditure Committee | |
Blue Green Alliance, Inc. | |
Campaign Money Watch | |
Citizens for Strength and Security | |
Citizens for Strength and Security Action Fund Inc. | |
Coleman, R. Brooke | |
Communications Workers of America Working Voices | |
Cortese, Antonia M. | |
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund | |
Horne, Andrew | |
Hudson, Gerald | |
Klein, Howard | |
Korzen, Christopher | |
Larson, John B. | |
League of Conservation Voters, Inc. | |
Majority Action PAC | |
Malcolm , Ellen R. | |
Matthew 25 Network | |
NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE (FKA NEAPAC) | |
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund | |
Planned Parenthood Votes | |
Rechenbach, Jeffrey | |
Rocha, Charles E. | |
Rudd, David | |
Samulcek, Aaron | |
Saunders, Lee A. | |
Sease, Debbie | |
Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education ("SEIU COPE") | |
Sierra Club Political Committee | |
The American Worker, Inc. | |
VoteVets.org Action Fund | |
Wilson, John | |
Women Vote! | |
Zamore, Judy | |
Complainant | Hanna, Colin |
Let Freedom Ring, Inc. | |
Mitchell, Cleta, Esq. | |
Respondent's counsel | Elias, Marc E., Esq. |
Gold, Laurence E., Esq. | |
Keane, Kate Sawyer | |
Kingsley, Elizabeth, Esq. | |
Kleinfeld, Eric F., Esq. | |
Murphy, Paul J. | |
Parroff, Tearyn J. | |
Pollak, Roger | |
Reese, Ezra W., Esq. | |
Reiff, Neil P., Esq. | |
Robinson, Jessica | |
Schadler, B. Holly, Esq. | |
Svoboda, Brian G., Esq. | |
Thomas, Richard L. | |
Trister, Michael B., Esq. | |
Utrecht, Lyn, Esq. | |
Walta, Jason | |
Wittenwyler, Mike B. |