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http://www.ehow.com/about_6646822_federal-corrupt-practice-act.html
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Federal Corrupt Practice Act

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By BryanSpear, eHow Contributor

Campaign finance laws have been in existence for almost 150 years.

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Originally passed in 1910, the Federal Corrupt Practices Act was one of the first pieces of campaign finance legislation. It sought to ensure transparency of campaign contributions and candidate spending--topics that are still of public concern today. The act was a precursor of drastic campaign reform in the late 20th century.

History

The first campaign finance legislation was passed in 1867. The Naval Appropriations Bill prohibited government workers and officers from soliciting campaign contributions from navy yard workers. Prior to the Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, government workers were expected to donate to political campaigns to keep their jobs. The Federal Corrupt Practices Act was passed in 1910 to address this and was significantly revised in 1925.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Donatelli_Group
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Bank Fees

eDonations.com internet fundraising receives a percentage of funds raised on behalf of its clients.
In fourth quarter 2003 alone, Federal Election Commission records show that eDonations received payments totalling nearly $56,000 for "BANK FEES" from the Bush-Cheney '04 Inc. campaign. [5]
In the 2004 election cycle, the Republican Party made payments totalling more than $54,000 to four separately named eDonations accounts. [6]

Websites

The Campaign Solutions CAMPAIGNSOLUTIONS.COM website was registered February 13, 1998, by Campaign Solutions, with Becki Donatelli as administrator and Trifecta Technologies, 5012 Medical Center Circle, Allentown, PA 18106, as the technical contact.
The eDonation.com EDONATION.COM website was registered October 7, 1998, by Campaign Solutions, with Becki Donatelli as administrator and Campaign Solutions as the technical contact.

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2000/nf00211h.htm
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NO WAITING.   R. Rebecca "Becki" Donatelli, founding partner of Campaign Solutions and the technical guru behind McCain's cyber-strategy, is no stranger to the political world. Married to former Reagan operative Frank Donatelli, her first foray into politics was high tech for its time -- in 1976, she helped develop a call-routing system that prevented callers to Ronald Reagan's Presidential campaign from being put on hold or getting a busy signal.

Through a partnership with Trifecta Technologies of Allentown, Pa., Donatelli helped design an automated donation system that can identify visitors when they log onto the McCain site, record e-contributions, and survey first-time givers on everything from their gender to their political opinions.

And what has the McCain Clan learned so far? Sixty percent of the candidate's donors are been 45 or younger, and more than half are first-time political givers. Donatelli, 40, says once a donor has filled out the requisite information and pressed the "donate" button on the site, it takes less than a minute to be processed. "The credit is grabbed right then and there," she says. The more contributors act on impulse, the richer Donatelli also becomes. Campaign Solutions receives an unspecified percentage of what its candidates -- McCain or whoever else -- raise online.


http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a powerful business lobbying group in the United States that "has become a fully functional part of the partisan Republican machine" since CEO and president Thomas J. Donohue took office in 1997. Prior to Donohue's tenure, the Chamber "used to be a trade association that advocated in a bipartisan manner for narrowly tailored policies to benefit its members." ^[1] The Chamber's 2010 budget is approximately $200 million, but as a trade organization, its donors can remain anonymous. ^[2]
The Chamber claims on its website that its mission is to "advance human progress through an economic, political and social system based on individual freedom, incentive, initiative, opportunity, and responsibility."^[3] It describes itself as "the world's largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region."^[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_trade_group
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Political influence

See also: Advocacy group

One of the primary purposes of trade groups, particularly in the United States and to a similar but lesser extent elsewhere, is to attempt to influence public policy in a direction favorable to the group's members. This can take the form of contributions to the campaigns of political candidates and parties through Political Action Committees (PACs); contributions to "issue" campaigns not tied to a candidate or party; and lobbying legislators to support or oppose particular legislation. In addition, trade groups attempt to influence the activities of regulatory bodies.^{[citation needed]}
While direct contributions by PACs to candidates are required in the United States to be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission (or state and local election overseers) and are public information, and there are registration requirements for lobbyists, it can sometimes be difficult to trace the funding for issue and non-electoral campaigns.^{[citation needed]}

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_J._Donohue
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Thomas J. Donohue has served as president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce since 1997 and established the Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform (ILR).^[1]
"Prior to his current post, Donohue served for 13 years as president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Association, the national organization of the trucking industry.
"Donohue serves on three corporate boards of directors. In addition, he is a member of the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce as well as the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
"Donohue is president of the Center for International Private Enterprise, a program of the National

http://people.forbes.com/profile/thomas-j-donohue/75496
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Thomas J. Donohue

Independent Director

Union Pacific Corporation

Omaha ,  NE

Sector: SERVICES  /  Railroads

Director ,  Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.

McLean ,  VA

Sector: HEALTHCARE  /  Long-Term Care Facilities

72 Years Old

Thomas J. Donohue has been a director since November 1998. Mr. Donohue has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world?s largest business federation, since September 1997. Mr. Donohue was a director of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. from 1999 to 2009 and has served as a director of Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. since 1995.

Forbes Rankings

Union Pacific - 211st on the Forbes Global 2000 in 2010

Union Pacific - 205th on the Forbes Global 2000 in 2009

Union Pacific Forbes 400 Best Big Companies in 2009

Union Pacific Forbes 400 Best Big Companies in 2008

Union Pacific - 262nd on the Forbes Global 2000 in 2008

See All Rankings > http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/03/daily2.html Excerpt: Sunrise Senior Living charges pile up Washington Business Journal , Staff Reporter Date: Monday, March 3, 2008, 10:47am EST - Last Modified: Monday, March 3, 2008, 10:47am EST Sunrise Senior Living Inc. continues to take a battering as it finds more charges it expects to take as a result of restatements over the past decade. The McLean-based operator assisted living facilities said Monday it expects to pay $10 million more than previously reported in its restatement charges between 1996 and 2005 for a total of $140 million. Sunrise (NYSE: SRZ) also said it will take millions in additional charges it has not previously disclosed in 2006 and 2007, according to the Monday statement. http://www.forbes.com/sites/venkateshrao/2011/10/26/zappos-and-the-rise-of-corporate-neo-urbanism/ Excerpt: Zappos and the Rise of Corporate Neo-Urbanism     Image via CrunchBase Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, is fast becoming an unlikely godfather to Las Vegas, the city I live in. Unlike the mafia bosses of the thirties, such as Bugsy Siegel, who helped turn Vegas into a gaming boomtown, Hsieh is attempting to turn Vegas into a Tier II technology startup destination, like Boulder, CO. Unlike Boulder however, which rose to prominence due to the efforts of VCs like Brad Feld trying to catalyze a startup scene, Hsieh is trying to use the sheer size of Zappos to make a difference. His ambitions, moreover, extend far beyond just creating a tech scene. He wants to revitalize Las Vegas and make it an attractive hub for what urbanist Richard Florida calls the “Creative Class.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission Federal Election Commission 999 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20463 (800) 424-9530 | In Washington (202) 694-1100 Website: http://www.fec.gov/