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Therefore, Commissioner Petersen

MOVED to approve the recommendations in the Audit
Division Recommendation Memorandum on Marsha
Blackburn for Congress, Inc. (A17-02), as set forth in
Agenda Document 18-51-A, except that the Audit
Division be instructed to excise the phrase, “any
telephone logs or” from the appropriate portion of the
forthcoming Proposed Final Audit Report.

The motion carried by a vote of 4-0 with Commissioners Hunter, Petersen,

Walther, and Weintraub voting affirmatively for the decision.

Vv. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

There being no further business to come before the Commission, the

meeting adjourned at 10:34 A.M.

Signed:
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Caroline C. Hunter
Chair of the Commission

Attest:

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Dayna C. Brown
Secretary and Clerk of the Commission


AGENDA DOCUMENT NO. 18-52-A

APPROVED DECEMBER 13, 2018

PRESENT:

MINUTES OF AN OPEN MEETING

OF THE

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018

Caroline C. Hunter, Chair, presiding
Ellen L. Weintraub, Vice Chair

Matthew S. Petersen, Commissioner
Steven T. Walther, Commissioner

Alec Paimer, Staff Director

Lisa Stevenson, Acting General Counsel

Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and Clerk



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Chair Caroline C. Hunter called the Federal Election Commission to order
in an open meeting at 10:24 A.M. on Thursday, December 6, 2018 with a quorum

present.

L CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes for November 15, 2018
Agenda Document No. 18-50-A

Chair Hunter recognized Vice Chair Weintraub who
MOVED to approve the minutes for the open meeting of
November 15, 2018 as set forth in Agenda Document No.
18-50-A.

The motion carried by a vote of 4-0 with Commissioners Hunter, Petersen,

Walther, and Weintraub voting affirmatively for the decision.

th. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2018-15

Senator Ron Wyden by The Honorable Ron Wyden

Agenda Document No. 18-46-A (Draft A)

(Held over from the meeting of November 15, 2018)

Chair Hunter noted that the matter was held over previously and one of
the Commissioners requested to hold it over again. Mr. Neven Stipanovic of the
General Counsel’s Office confirmed that Senator Wyden granted the Commission
a one week extension to December 13, 2018. Chair Hunter stated that the
matter will be taken up at the Commission’s last open meeting of the year on

December 13+,



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HL AUDIT DIVISION RECOMMENDATION MEMORANDUM ON MARSHA
BLACKBURN FOR CONGRESS, INC. (A17-02)

Memorandum from the Chief Compliance Officer and Audit
Division dated November 13, 2018

Agenda Document No. 18-51-A

Chair Hunter recognized Ms. Rickida Morcomb and Ms. Rosa Crussiah of the
Audit Division. Ms. Crussiah highlighted the three (3) findings within the
Memorandum: Finding 1. Misstatement of Financial Activity; Finding 2. Disclosure
of Occupation and Name of Employer; and Finding 3. Receipt of Contributions in
Excess of the Limit. Ms. Morcomb, Ms. Joshua Blume of the General Counsel’s
Office, and Chief Compliance Officer Patricia Orrock participated in the discussion
that followed.
Commissioner Petersen then
MOVED to approve the recommendations in the Audit
Division Recommendation Memorandum on Marsha
Blackburn for Congress, Inc. (A17-02), as set forth in
Agenda Document 18-51-A, except that the Audit
Division be instructed to excise the phrase, “any
telephone logs or” from the appropriate portion of the
Draft Final Audit Report and make the change in the
forthcoming Proposed Final Audit Report.
Chief Compliance Officer Orrock participated in the continuing discussion
regarding which audit document the telephone logs would be excised from.

Commissioner Petersen clarified that the intent of his motion was to excise the

phrase from the Proposed Final Audit Report.