MUR #6916

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COMPLAINANT: Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT)

SUBJECT: Contributions-Prohibited; Contributions-Limitations; Other; Soft Money

DISPOSITION: The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions: 1. Find no reason to believe that Catalist and the Respondent Committees violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116, 30118, or 30119 by making or receiving prohibited in-kind contributions in the form of data and analytical tools. 2. Find no reason to believe that Catalist, NGP VAN, and the Respondent Committees violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116 or 30118 by making or receiving prohibited or excessive in-kind contributions in the form of coordinated communications. 3. Find no reason to believe that Catalist or the DNC violated 52 U.S.C. § 30125 by soliciting, receiving, or directing funds that were not subject to the prohibitions, limitations, and reporting requirements of the Act. 4. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis as recommended in the First General Counsel's Report dated October 21, 2015, subject to the edits last circulated by Commissioner Weintraub's Office on March 15, 2016 at 10:46 A.M. 5. Approve the appropriate letters. 6. Close the file.
The Commission decided by a vote of 6-0 to take the following actions: 1. Find no reason to believe that Catalist and the Respondent Committees violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116, 30118, or 30119 by making or receiving prohibited in-kind contributions in the form of data and analytical tools. 2. Find no reason to believe that Catalist, NGP VAN, and the Respondent Committees violated 52 U.S.C. §§ 30116 or 30118 by making or receiving prohibited or excessive in-kind contributions in the form of coordinated communications. 3. Find no reason to believe that Catalist or the DNC violated 52 U.S.C. § 30125 by soliciting, receiving, or directing funds that were not subject to the prohibitions, limitations, and reporting requirements of the Act. 4. Approve the Factual and Legal Analysis as recommended in the First General Counsel's Report dated October 21, 2015, subject to the edits last circulated by Commissioner Weintraub's Office on March 15, 2016 at 10:46 A.M. 5. Approve the appropriate letters. 6. Close the file.