WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public its
final action on one matter previously under review (MURs). This release
contains only disposition information.
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MUR
5343 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Democratic Issues Agenda, Diane Evans,
treasurer
(b) Empowerment for the New Century, Antonio Harrison, treasurer
(c) Strategic Task Force to Mobilize People
(d) Progress for America and its treasurer
(e) Democratic Senate Majority Fund ? Non-Federal Account, Marc
Farinella, treasurer
(f) PAC for a Democratic House ? Non-Federal Account, Moses Mercado,
treasurer
(g) U.S. Representative Tom DeLay
(h) Americans for a Republican Majority, Corwin Teltschik, treasurer |
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COMPLAINANTS: |
Donald J. Simon, Acting President, Common
Cause Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21
Trevor Potter, General Counsel, The Campaign and Media Legal Center
Larry Noble, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics |
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SUBJECT: |
Establishment, financing, maintenance or
control of organizations by national party committees |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a-d) No reason to believe* [re: any
provision of the Act]
The complaint alleges that the national party committees established
and/or financed organizations to raise and spend soft money in
connection with federal elections in violation of the Bipartisan
Campaign Reform Act. The Commission found there was no reason to believe
these groups violated any provision of the Act. With regard to the
remaining respondents, the Commission exercised its prosecutorial
discretion and dismissed the complaint.
(e-h) Take no action* |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Documents from this matter are available
from the Commission?s web site at fec.gov by entering 5343 under case
number. They are also available in the FECs Public Records Office at 999
E St. NW in Washington DC. |
*There are four administrative stages to the FEC enforcement process:
| 1. Receipt of proper complaint |
3. "Probable cause" stage |
| 2. "Reason to believe" stage |
4. Conciliation stage |
It requires the votes of at least four of the six Commissioners to take
any action. The FEC can close a case at any point after reviewing a
complaint. If a violation is found and conciliation cannot be reached, then
the FEC can institute a civil court action against a respondent.
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