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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public
its final action on two matters previously under review (MURs). This release
contains only disposition information.
Specific released documents placed on the public record within the
following closed MURs are cited following DISPOSITION heading. Release of
these documents is consistent with the district court opinion in the
December 19, 2001, decision of AFL-CIO v. FEC.
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MUR 5058/Audit Referral 01-05/Audit
Referral 01-06 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) George W. Bush (b) Albert Gore, Jr.
(c) Bush for President, Inc., David Herndon, treasurer
(d) Bush-Cheney 2000, Inc., David Herndon, treasurer
(e) Gore 2000, Inc., Jose Villarreal, treasurer
(f) Gore-Lieberman, Inc., Jose Villarreal, treasurer
(g) DNC Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee, Andrew
Tobias, treasurer
(h) Republican National Committee, Alec Poitevint, treasurer |
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COMPLAINANT: |
Common Cause and Democracy 21 |
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AUDITED COMMITTEES: |
New York State Democratic Party, David
Alpert,
treasurer [AR 01-05]
Schumer ?98, Steven D. Goldenkranz, treasurer [AR 01-05]
South Carolina Republican Party, John Camp,
treasurer [AR 01-06]
Inglis for Senate Committee, Inc., Jeffrey J. Parker, treasurer [AR
01-06] |
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SUBJECT: |
Excessive contribution; use of prohibited
contributions; failure to accurately report expenditures. |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a-h) Take no action* (AR 01-05) Take no
action*
(AR 01-06) Take no action* |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
General Counsel?s Report (dated July 21,
2003), Case Summary (MUR 5058); Case Summary (AR 01-05); Case Summary
(AR 01-06); certification of vote by Commissioners (dated August 8,
2003) |
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MUR 5369 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Rhode Island Republican Party, Merrill
C. Drew, treasurer (b) Lincoln Chafee for U. S. Senate, William C.
Facente, treasurer |
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COMPLAINANT: |
FEC Initiated (RAD) |
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SUBJECT: |
Excessive contribution; use of prohibited
contributions; failure to accurately report expenditures |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a) No reason to believe* (re: excessive
contribution; use of prohibited contributions; failure to accurately
report expenditures)
(b) No reason to believe*
(re: use of prohibited contributions) |
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DOCUMENTS ON PUBLIC RECORD: |
Certification of vote by Commissioners
(dated June 10, 2003); Statement of Reasons (Vice Chairman Smith,
Commissioners Toner and Mason); Statement of Reasons (Commissioner
Thomas); Statement of Reasons (Chair Weintraub) |
*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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