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33 Rec. 1 (2007)

handle is hein.usfed/fecrecd0033 and id is 1 raw text is: January 2007 Federal Election Commission Volume 33, Number 1 Commission 1 Message from the Chairman 2 New Chairman and Vice Chairman Compliance 1 527 Organizations Pay Civil Penalties 3 MURs 5511 and 5525: Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth 3 MUR 5753: League of Conservation Voters 527 I and II 4 MUR 5754: MoveOn.org Voter Fund 4 MUR 5634: Express Advocacy Leads to Prohibited Corporate Expenditure 5 Comments Sought on Proposed Probable Cause Hearings 5 Comments Sought on Sua Sponte Proposal Regulations 6 Proposed Rules and Policy Statement on Best Efforts Reports 7 Reports Due in 2007 Outreach 11 Reporting and FECFile Roundtable Workshops 11 Advisory Opinion Requests 11 Information Telephone Excise Tax Refunds from IRS 11 Index Message from the Chairman I look forward to an exciting year at the FEC. My hope is that we will have as much success this year as we had in 2006. It is hard to deny that last year was among the most successful in the agency's history. By almost any measure, the FEC achieved more than it ever has. In enforcement, the agency closed cases with higher penalties than ever before (including the largest penalty in FEC history, $3.8 million against Freddie Mac) and we did it faster (over 30% faster) than four years ago. In the policy arena, the agency was similarly busy, handling six major rulemakings and over 30 advisory opinions, including some of the most difficult issues left over from the Shays litigation and BCRA. The Commission processed over 80,000 reports last year that detailed over $2.4 billion in receipts and $2.7 billion in disbursements. The Audit Division worked its way through the most difficult issues in the presidential audits and is now in the process of revising the way Title 2 audits are conducted in order to reduce unnecessary delay. The FEC began 2006 with the very difficult decision to cancel its region- al conferences to help balance the (continued on page 2) 527 Organizations Pay Civil Penalties Three 527 organizations active in the 2004 Presidential election have entered into conciliation agreements and paid civil penalties totaling $630,000 to settle violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act). The Swift Boat Veterans and POWs for Truth, the League of Conservation Voters 527 and League of Conservation Voters 527 II, and MoveOn.org Voter Fund each paid civil penalties and agreed to cease vi- olating the Act, to file reports disclos- ing their 2004 election cycle activity and to register with the Commission as political committees if they engage in similar conduct. The Act and Commission regula- tions require a group whose major purpose is to influence federal elec- tions to file a Statement of Organiza- tion with the Commission within ten days of receiving contributions or making expenditures to influence fed- eral elections that exceed $1,000 per calendar year. All political commit- tees must file regular reports with the Commission disclosing the com- mittee's receipts and disbursements. Additionally, political committees may not accept any contributions from corporations and, in the case of a political action committee (PAC), (continued on page 3)

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