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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission has recently made public its
final action on three 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 4979 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Bush for President, Inc., David
Herndon, treasurer (b) Oakland County Republican Party, Mary Kathryn
Decuir, treasurer
(c) John Engler
(d) Candice Miller
(e) Cox, Hodgman & Giarmarco, P.C.
(f) Gilbert "Gil" Cox
(g) Andrew T. Baran
(h) Century 21 AAA North
(i) Charles W. Reaume
(j) The Meade Group, Inc.
(k) Barron Meade |
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COMPLAINANT: |
Mark Brewer, Chair, Michigan Democratic
State Central
Committee/Federal Account |
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SUBJECT: |
Corporate in-kind contributions |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a-k) Take no action and close the file* |
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DOCUMENTS ON
PUBLIC RECORD: |
First General Counsel''''s Report (dated
September 30, 2003); Certification of vote by Commissioners (dated
October 6, 2003). |
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MUR 5069/5132 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Lopito, Ileana, and Howie, Inc. (b)
Carlos Rodriguez
(c) Jose Rodriguez Amoros
(d) Anibal Acevedo Vila
(e) Comite Acevedo Vila Comisionado 2000, Inc., Ramon Velasco,
treasurer |
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COMPLAINANTS: |
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee, David
Plouffe, Executive Director
Angel M. Cintron-Garcia |
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SUBJECT: |
Corporate contribution; failure to report
disbursements |
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DISPOSITION: |
(a,b,d,e) Take no further action *
(c) No reason to believe * [re: allegations of the complaints]
(d-e) No reason to believe* [re: failure to report disbursements]
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DOCUMENTS ON
PUBLIC RECORD: |
First General Counsel''''s Report (dated
September 20, 2001); Second General Counsel''''s Report (dated October 6,
2003); Certification of votes by Commissioners (dated September 25, 2001
and October 14, 2003) |
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MUR 5185 |
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RESPONDENTS: |
(a) Hillary Rodham Clinton (b) Hillary
Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee, Inc., Harold Ickes, treasurer
(c) William Jefferson Clinton
(d) Denise Rich
(e) Anthony Rodham
(f) Hugh Rodham
(g) Rabbi David Twersky |
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COMPLAINANT: |
Judicial Watch, Inc., by Thomas J. Fitton,
President |
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SUBJECT: |
Excessive contributions; acceptance of
excessive contributions; failure to report "offset" to contributions
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DISPOSITION: |
(a-b) No reason to believe* [re: acceptance
of excessive contributions; failure to report "offset" to contributions]
(c, e-g) No reason to believe* [re: any provision of the Act]
(d) No reason to believe* [re: excessive contributions] |
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DOCUMENTS ON
PUBLIC RECORD: |
First General Counsel''''s Report (dated
October 10, 2003); Certification of vote by Commissioners (dated October
17, 2003). |
*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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