-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: 01 Jul 99 2024 EST From: Public Disclosure, Inc - FECInfo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: July 1st FEC Data Update and more... Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************** FECInfo - Public Disclosure, Inc. www.tray.com *************************** NEW DATA The July 1 download of data from the FEC is now available. $200,000 CORPORATE FINE The FEC announced yesterday that carpet maker Beaulieu of America Inc paid a $200,000 civil penalty for a "knowing and willful" violation of the FECA after providing bonuses and reimbursements to thirty-six employee who had given to Lamar Alexander's 1996 presidential campaign. CEO Carl Bouchaert was fined $1 million in December 1998 for his role in the scheme. The case was handled by the Department of Justice. JUNE 30TH CANDIDATES CLOSE BOOKS - NEW REPORTS DUE Mid-Year campaign finance reports are due from all candidates by July 31st. The June 30, 1999, cash on hand figures should identify those with growing war chests for the 2000 elections. Others may have totally wiped out any debt from the 98 election. If a potential House or Senate candidate (such as in NY) has not started an official campaign committee by June 30, 1999, you will not see a mid-year report and you will not see their first finance report until January 31, 2000. Presidential candidates will also be filing new reports on July 15th. Bradley and Gore electronically filed their April report, and it was instantly available to the public and media. Several other candidates stated they would file electronically next time. It is now next time. If you want to be able to quickly and easily analyze their campaign finance data, now is the time to push them to file electronically. Reporters may also be seeking early figures based on phone interviews with campaigns. Make sure to get as many figures as possible. If you ask about cash on hand, also ask about debts owed. If you ask about receipts from fund raising events, campaigns will probably give you gross receipts figures, which are higher figures than net receipts. Check to see if receipts include any loans or transfers from existing committees. Make sure to ask about disbursements. NEW SOFT MONEY REPORTED Below is a list of the large soft money listed in paper reports filed June 20-25 by some of the national party committees, covering May 1999. These reports will be keyed into the FEC data base next month. The DNC and the NRCC do not report monthly. Their first report for 1999 will be filed in July. Highlights: Democrats picked up two big bundles - almost $750,000 from the Hollywood entertainment and communications industry; and $380,000 from Texas plaintiff trial lawyers. Democrats also picked up $250,000 from Mirage Resorts. Republicans picked up $230,000 from AT&T; $85,000 from Microsoft; $100,000 each from Anschutz Corp and Pepsico; $100,000 each from Lois Pope, Jim Click, and Arnold Aronoff. Pope, Click and Arnoff are new $100,000 soft money donors. FINANCIAL American Financial Corp, Cincinnati, OH $75,000 to NRSC 5/19 Citigroup Inc, New York, NY $35,000 to RNC 5/6; $10,000 to NRSC 5/6 John P Manning (Boston Capital Partners) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27; $25,000 to DSCC 5/27 Victor Resnick (Resnick Capital Management) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 Pacific Capital Group Inc $12,500 to DSCC 5/20; $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 A Jerrold Perenchio, Los Angeles, CA (Chartwell Partners) $25,000 to RNC 5/11 Bond Market Assn $25,000 to NRSC 5/12; $2,000 to DCCC 5/28 Stephens Group, Little Rock, ARK, $25,000 to NRSC 5/11 Kenneth L. Fisher, Woodside, CA (Fisher Investments) $25,000 to RNC 5/11 Dirk Ziff (Ziff Brothers Investments) $12,500 to DSCC 5/20; $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 HEALTH AND INSURANCE American Specialty Health Plans $60,000 to RNC 5/5-6 AFLAC, $50,000 to DCCC 5/7 Schering Corp $25,000 to DCCC 5/28 Pfizer Inc, Jackson, CA $25,000 to RNC 5/26; $3,372 to RNC 5/5; $25,000 to NRSC 5/28 Prudential Insurance, Washington, DC $25,250 to NRSC 5/28 AETNA Services $25,000 to RNC 5/5 Merck & Co, Westpointe, PA $25,000 to RNC 5/18 Eli Lilly and Co, Washington, DC $25,000 to NRSC 5/28 NAII Political Account , Des Plaines, IL $25,000 to NRSC 5/26 TRIAL LAWYERS Provost & Umphrey Law Firm $100,000 to DCCC 5/28 Nix Patterson & Roach $100,000 to DCCC 5/17. Memo entry indicated the following breakdown: Harold W Nix $40,000; C. Carry Patterson $40,000; Nelson Roach $20,000. John M O'Quinn (O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAninch & Laminack) $80,000 to DCCC 5/28 Williams Bailey Law Firm, $100,000 to DCCC 5/12. Memo entry indicated the following breakdown: John E Williams $48,000; F Kenneth Bailey $32,000; Denman H Heard $7500; Steven J Kherkher $7500; Jeff Thompson$5,000 to DCCC. OTHER BUSINESS Mirage Resort Inc $250,000 to DCCC 5/7 Arnold Aronoff (Landon Corp) $100,000 to RNC 4/22 Anschutz Corp, Denver, CO $100,000 to RNC 5/26 Pepsico Inc, Purchase, NY $100,000 to NRSC 5/27 American Airlines $50,000 to DCCC 5/12 Southern Co, Washington, DC $50,000 to NRSC 5/12 Pacific Gas & Electric Co, San Francisco, CA $45,000 to RNC 5/28 Da Tung International Group Inc, 690 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, $20,000 to DSCC 5/27; $20,000 to DCCC 5/27 Florida Power & Light $25,000 to RNC 5/6; $10,000 to NRSC 5/21 Philip Morris Companies $30,000 to DCCC 5/27 Grocery Manufacturers of America, Washington, DC $30,000 to NRSC 5/28 Aina Holdings Inc $25,400 to DCCC 5/20 Edison Electric Institute $25,000 to DCCC 5/28 Halliburton Co, Dallas, TX, $25,000 to RNC 5/21; $2,000 to NRSC 5/28 International Paper Memphis Shared Service Center $25,000 to RNC 5/12 J M Family Enterprises, Deerfield Beach, FL $25,000 to RNC 5/12 Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Tampa, FL $25,000 to RNC 5/5 Brown-Forman Corp, Louisville, KY $25,000 to NRSC 5/26 Enron Corp, Houston, TX $25,000 to NRSC 5/28 Contran Corp, Dallas, TX $25,000 to NRSC 5/13 Polo Resorts Inc $12,500 to DSCC 5/27; $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 ENTERTAINMENT Berry Gordy (West Grand Media) $50,000 to DCCC 5/27; $37,500 to DSCC 5/27 Lew R Wasserman (Universal Studios) $50,000 to DCCC 5/27; $37,500 to DSCC 5/20 Ronald Meyer (Universal Studios) $5,000 to DCCC 5/27 Saban Entertainment $25,000 to DCCC 5/27; $25,000 to DSCC 5/20 Gail Zappa (Intercontinental Absurdities) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27; $12,500 to DSCC 5/20 Jonathan M Tisch (Loews Corp) $25,000 to DSCC 5/7 C Anthony Thomas (Witt-Thomas Productions) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 Ray Stark (Rastar Productions) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 Sidney J and Loraine Sheinberg (Bubble Factory) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 Alan F Horn (Castle Rock Entertainment) $12,500 to DCCC 5/27 COMMUNICATIONS AT&T $150,000 to RNC 5/28; $80,000 to NRSC 5/21 Norman Pattiz (Westwood One) $50,000 to DCCC 5/27; $50,000 to DSCC 5/20 Paul Allen (Vulcan Northwest) $50,000 to DCCC 5/27; $50,000 to DSCC 5/27 Microsoft, Redmond, WA, $25,000 to RNC 5/5; $60,000 to NRSC 5/17 USA Networks Inc $25,000 to DCCC 5/27; $25,000 to DSCC 5/18 Barry Diller (USA Networks Inc) $25,000 to DCCC 5/27; $13,500 to DSCC 5/20 TCI Communications, Washington, DC $50,000 to NRSC 5/19 Time Warner Inc, Washington, DC $50,000 to NRSC 5/10 Winstar Communications $25,000 to DCCC 5/20 John N. Palmer, Jackson, MS (MTEL) $25,000 to RNC 5/26 INDIVIDUALS Lois Pope, Manalapan, FL, philanthropist, $100,000 to DCCC 5/28 James H Click (Jim Click Ford Inc) $100,000 to RNC 5/28 Meyer A Berman $25,000 to DCCC 5/28; $25,000 to DSCC 5/18 Robert J Hiler (Hiler Industries) $45,000 to RNC 5/6 Jack Anderson, Dallas, TX (Calver Corp) $25,000 to RNC 5/11 Forrest Hoglund, Dallas, TX $25,000 to RNC 5/11 R. T. Farmer, Cincinnati, OH $25,000 to NRSC 5/6 LABOR Hotel & Restaurant Employees Union, Washington, DC $15,000 to RNC 5/5 (yes-correct) MISCELLANEOUS DISBURSEMENTS RNC $100,000 "Contribution" 5/17 to New Majority Project, 4914 Fitzhugh Avenue, Suite 202, Richmond, VA 23230 RNC $5,209 "Settlement" 5/20 to General Fund, St. of California RNC $15,425 "Settlement" 5/20 to Tony Miller, Sacramento, CA DCCC $20,000 "Contribution" 5/20 to New Political Agenda, 555 Flowers Street, Ste. 4510, Los Angeles, CA DCCC $10,000 "Contribution" 5/7 to Citizenship Education Fund, 1002 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC NON-REPORTING ACCOUNT Republican Leadership Council - State, Suite 503, 236 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002, $5,000 to RNC 5/18 Kent Cooper Tony Raymond A<>E<>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." 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