Party and Non-Party Political Committees Vol. IV Non-Party Detailed Tables
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REPORTS ON FINANCIAL ACTIVITY 1993 - 1994 FINAL REPORT PARTY AND NON-PARTY POLITICAL COMMITTEES VOL.III - NON-PARTY DETAILED TABLES (CORPORATE AND LABOR) FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 999 E Street, N.w. Washington, D.C. 20463 NOVEMBER 1995 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Danny L McDonald, Chairman Lee Ann Elliott, Vice Chairman Joan D. Aikens, Commissioner John Warren McGarry, Commissioner Trevor Potter, Chairman Scott E. Thomas, Commissioner John c. Surina, Staff Director Lawrence M. Noble, General Counsel Comments and inquiries about format should be addressed to the Reports Coordinator, Data Systems Development Division, who coordinated the production of this REPORT. Copies of 1993-1994 FINAL REPORT, PARTY AND NON-PARTY POLITICAL COMMITTEES may be obtained by writing to the Public Records Office, Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20463. Prices are: VOL. I - $10.00, VOL. II - $10.00, VOL. III - $10.00, VOL. IV - $10.00. Checks should be made payable to the Federal Election Commission. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I DESCRIPTION OF REPORT iii II SUMMARY OF TABLES v III EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS vi IV TABLES: SELECTED FINANCIAL ACTIVITY AND ASSISTANCE TO CANDIDATES NON-PARTY POLITICAL COMMITTEES A. SELECTED FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF CORPORATION-CONNECTED POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND THEIR ASSISTANCE TO CANDIDATES BY OFFICE AND PARTY 1 B. SELECTED FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF LABOR ORGANIZATION CONNECTED POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND THEIR ASSISTANCE TO CANDIDATES BY OFFICE AND PARTY 439 I DESCRIPTION OF REPORT PURPOSE: This study is designed to provide information for each registered state and information on the financial transactions local major party committee, while VOLUME of Democratic, Republican, and non-party III (Corporate and Labor) and VOLUME IV political committees, with emphasis on (No Connected Organization, those transactions which support Trade/Membership/Health, Cooperative, candidates for Federal office, for the Corporation without Stock) do the same period which began on January 1, 1993. for each non-party political committee. Political committees, which are entities registered with the Federal Election WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED: Commission, report their financial This study only provides information activity to the Commission on a periodic for the Democratic and Republican parties basis. Information on receipts, rather than for all party committees, disbursements, and debts from these both major and minor, which are reports has been entered into the registered with the Federal Election Commission's computer system; programs Commission. The study does not contain have been used to produce all TABLES all of the information reported by the included in this study. The TABLES are committees. organized into four VOLUMES. VOLUME I, SUMMARY TABLES, provides data for the LIMITATIONS: Democratic and Republican national This study is a final report political committees and Presidential designed to give a complete picture of convention committees, for all state and the financial activity which occured local major party committees by state during the 1993-1994 election cycle. totals and overall total, and for all Available at the Commission for non-party committtes by six group totals; inspection are microfilmed copies of the it also includes tables providing original reports which show information information on contributions made to as reported by the filers. The candidates. VOLUME II, STATE AND LOCAL microfilmed public record is the official PARTY DETAILED TABLES, presents financial record of the Federal Election -iii- Commission. This study is one of several tools which have been developed to summarize the vast quantity of data available on the microfilmed public record. PERIOD COVERED: The beginning point for information in this study is committee reports on financial activity which occurred after December 31, 1992. As subsequent reports were received during 1993, 1994 and 1995 the dollar figures contained on them were entered into the computer system and added to earlier information. The computer programs which produced this REPORT'S TABLES were run on August 30, 1995 and used certain 1993-94 data which had been entered up to and including that date. -iv- II SUMMARY OF TABLES The TABLES in this VOLUME are TABLE A next provides a committee's designed to show selected information "cash on hand" and debts figures. for all registered non-party Amounts of its assistance to corporate and labor political candidates* by Federal office and committees. (A non-party political party, which are shown after "cash on committee means any committee that hand" and debts, indicate its has not been authorized by any candidate activity to date. candidate and which is not part of the official party structure at the TABLE B is identical in national, State, or local level, construction to TABLE A. which has registered as a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended.) The EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS for non-party political committees provides detailed definitions for each column and explanations of organization; it should be used in conjunction with the TABLES. TABLE A, "SELECTED FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF CORPORATION-CONNECTED POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND THEIR ASSISTANCE TO CANDIDATES BY OFFICE AND PARTY," displays receipt, *Note that some of this assistance disbursement, and debt information. may have been to individuals who may not be statutory "candidates" under The rema~n~ng information in the 1979 Amendments to the Federal this TABLE on specific types of Election Campaign Act, e.g., an receipts and disbursements provides a individual seeking nomination to partial picture of a political Federal office who has not received committee's exact income and contributions or made expenditures spending. aggregating in excess of $5,000.) -v- III EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS This section explains the special TOTAL RECEIPTS: terms that appear as labels of the different columns, how the amount is This column includes all incoming derived for each column and, where funds reported on Line 18. appropriate, the significance of the column. Words included in this section are listed in the order in NET RECEIPTS: which they appear in each table. For Total receipts may include transfers example, the column in TABLE A, to the committee from other affiliated labeled CONTRIB FROM NON-PARTY, committees. These are committees appears under TABLE c, as the fourth organized by the same institution or entry. Readers are encouraged to individual which share contribution consult this section regularly as limits. The column labeled net receipts they use the report. removes these transfers and is a more Readers should be aware that the accurate measure of actual income. terms as used in this report may be Transfers are reported on line 12. defined differently than they are in the Federal Election Campaign Act of CONTRIB FROM PARTY: 1971, as amended. Contributions to the committee from The line number and (where committees of major or minor political appropriate) the schedule letter of parties. These contributions are listed the April 1988 FEC Form 3X on which on detailed receipt schedules supporting the receipt and disbursement line 11b. information was reported is indicated. CONTRIB FROM NON-PARTY: Contributions to the committee from (A non-party political committee other non-party committees which are not means any committee that has not been affiliated with the listed committees. authorized by any candidate and which They are reported on receipt schedules is not part of the official party supporting line 11c. structure at the national, State, or local level, which have registered as TOTAL INDIV CONTRIB: political committees under the This column represents the sum of all Federal Election Campaign Act, as contributions from individuals to the amend.) -vi- non-party committee. The contributions committee to other non-party committees may be either monies given directly to with which it is not affiliated. the committee or earmarked through another Contributions to other committees are political committee or they may be in-kind reported on schedules supporting line 21. contributions of services, goods, or property. (Contributions earmarked BEGINNING CASH-ON-HAND: through the committees are not included.) A political committee's "cash on The source is line 11a Column A of each hand" on January 1, 1993 (or its initial report filed by the committee. 1991 "cash on hand" if it registered subsequent to 1/1/93) is given in this IN-KIND CONTRIB REG COM: column. This beginning cash balance is contributions" of goods or services to reported on Line 6. the committee from other committees. The information is listed on receipts LATEST CASH-ON-HAND: schedules for lines 11b or11c. These amounts are a political commit tee's most recently reported 1994 "cash on TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS: hand." These balances are taken from Line This column includes all outgoing 10 (Line 8). funds reported by a political committee on Line 28 - Total Disbursements. DEBTS OWED TO: This column represents the NET DISBURSE: outstanding debts and obligations owed TO Total disbursements minus any the listed political committee. The transfers to other affiliated committees. amounts are taken from Line 10 of the These are committees organized or committee's latest report. controlled by the same organization or individual which share contribution DEBTS OWED BY: limits. Transfers are reported schedules The outstanding debts and obligations supporting line 20. owed BY the listed political committee are given