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January 1997                          Federal Election Commission                   Volume 23, Number 1


Table oV Contents
    Commissioners
  1 1997 Chairman and Vice
    Chairman Elected
  1 Message From The Chairman
    Court Cases
  2 DSCC v. FEC
  2 NRCC v. FEC
  4 DCCC v. FEC
  4 FEC v. Parisi
  4 Reilly v. FEC
  5 Hooker v. FEC
  5 New Litigation
  5 On Appeal?
  3 Award
    Audits
  3 Audit Reports Made Public
    Reports
  6 Reports Due in 1997/1998
    800 Line
  8 Debt Settlement and Committee
    Termination
 10 Advisory Opinions
    Information
 13 Flashfax Menu
 15 Index


1997 Chairman and Vice
Chairman Elected
   On December 12, 1996, the
Commission unanimously elected
John Warren McGarry as FEC
Chairman and Joan D. Aikens as
FEC Vice Chairman.
   Before his original appointment
to the Commission, Mr. McGarry
served as special counsel on elec-
tions to the House Administration
Committee. He previously com-
bined private law practice with
service as chief counsel to the
House Special Committee to
Investigate Campaign Expenditures,
a special committee established by
Congress. Before his work with
Congress, Mr. McGarry served as an
assistant attorney general for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
   After graduating cum laude from
Holy Cross College, Mr. McGarry
did graduate work at Boston Univer-
sity and earned a J.D. degree from
Georgetown University Law School.
   Newly elected Vice Chairman
Aikens is the only original member
of the Commission still serving.
Before her appointment, Ms. Aikens
was an executive with Lew Hodges
Communications, a public relations
firm in Valley Forge, PA. She also
was a member of the Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee,
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A Message from Chairman
John Warren McGarry
   Nineteen ninety seven promises
to be another year of challenges for
the Federal Election Commission.
 The level of reportable campaign
  finance activity grew at a record-
  setting pace during the 1995-96
  election cycle totaling more than
  $2.6 billion-up more than 25
  percent since the last Presidential
  and congressional campaigns.
 This year the Commission will
  introduce an interim voluntary
  electronic filing system for disclo-
  sure reports while continuing the
  development of a full electronic
  filing system.
 Steps are underway to improve
  existing FEC operations including
  the enforcement priority system
  and computer intiatives.
 In the event of the passage of
campaign finance reform legisla-
tion, the FEC would administer,
implement and enforce any new
laws enac.ted.
   It is essential that the FEC
continue to focus its limited re-
sources on the agency's core
mission and programs. We always
welcome comments and suggestions
on how to better serve our various
constituencies.
  I end this note with a personal
thank you to our valued staff for
their outstanding work and contin-
ued contributions. +

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