Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Conservative groups fined

It never rains, but it pours.


For Immediate Release - January 4, 2006

PAC AND FUNDRAISERS PENALIZED FOR ILLEGAL PRACTICES


The Federal Election Commission (FEC) today announced conciliation agreements with Conservative Leadership Political Action Committee (CLPAC), American Target Advertising, Inc. (ATA), The Viguerie Company (TVC), ConservativeHQ.com (CHQ), and two individuals in which they agreed to pay more than $100,000 in civil penalties for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act). In the agreements, CLPAC admitted accepting corporate and excessive contributions and violating the Act's reporting requirements, while the companies and individuals admitted making corporate or excessive contributions to CLPAC.

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