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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

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STOP RECKLESS ECONOMIC )

INSTABILITY CAUSED BY )

DEMOCRATS, et al., ) Civ. No. 1:14-397 (AJT-IDD)

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Plaintiffs, )

)

and )

)

AMERICAN FUTURE PAC, )

)

Plaintiff-Intervenor, )

) RESPONSE TO

v. ) SUPPLEMENTAL FILING

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, )

)

Defendant. )

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DEFENDANT FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION’S

RESPONSE TO INTERVENOR-PLAINTIFF AMERICAN

FUTURE PAC’S SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSED 

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

Pursuant to the Court’s October 31, 2014 Order (Doc. No. 67), defendant Federal 

Election Commission (“FEC” or “Commission”) hereby responds to plaintiff-intervenor 

American Future PAC’s (“AF PAC”) Supplemental Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions 

of Law (“AF PAC’s Supp. Facts”) (Doc. No. 69).

RESPONSE TO AMERICAN FUTURE PAC’S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Admit that on August 5, 2014 AF PAC mailed its FEC Form 1 to register as a 

political committee, and that the FEC received the form on August 11, 2014.

2. Admit.

3. Admit that the cover letter referenced in this paragraph states that AF PAC 

wanted to contribute more than $2,600 to Rep. Cotton’s campaign for U.S. Senate in the 

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November 4, 2014 general election and that the cover letter asserts that the six-month 

requirement of 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(4) is “unconstitutionally discriminatory,” but dispute that 

the six-month period is in fact unconstitutional or discriminatory.

4. Admit.

5. Admit.

6. Admit that the Federal Election Campaign Act (“FECA”) prohibited AF PAC 

from contributing in excess of $2,600 to Rep. Cotton’s campaign for U.S. Senate in the 

November 4, 2014 general election, as AF PAC alleged it wanted to do, because AF PAC had 

yet to satisfy the six-month requirement of 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(4), but dispute that the 

provisions of FECA challenged in this case are unconstitutional. 

7. Admit.

RESPONSE TO AMERICAN FUTURE PAC’S CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

The constitutional claims that AF PAC seeks to assert in this case (AF PAC’s Supp. Facts 

at 2) fail for the reasons explained in the Commission’s Supplemental Factual Submission and 

Briefing Pertaining to Intervenor American Future PAC in Support of the Commission’s Motion

for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 68). In particular, this Court lacks jurisdiction over AF PAC’s 

claims (id. at 10-11), and in any event, the FECA provisions that AF PAC seeks to challenge are 

constitutional (id. at 11-15). Accordingly, this Court should grant summary judgment to the 

Commission and deny summary judgment to AF PAC and the other plaintiffs. 

Respectfully submitted,

Lisa J. Stevenson*

Deputy General Counsel – Law 

Kevin Deeley*

Acting Associate General Counsel

Harry J. Summers*

Assistant General Counsel

Holly J. Baker*

Kevin P. Hancock*

/s/

Esther D. Gyory (VA Bar #76826)

Attorneys

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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* Admitted pro hac vice

November 21, 2014

999 E Street NW

Washington, DC 20463

(202) 694-1650

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

)

STOP RECKLESS ECONOMIC )

INSTABILITY CAUSED BY )

DEMOCRATS, et al., ) Civ. No. 1:14-397 (AJT-IDD)

)

Plaintiffs, )

)

and )

)

AMERICAN FUTURE PAC, )

)

Plaintiff-Intervenor, )

)

v. )

)

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, )

)

Defendant. )

)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on November 21, 2014, I will electronically file the foregoing with 

the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will then send a notification of such filing 

to the following counsel:

Dan Backer, Esq.

DB Capitol Strategies PLLC

717 King Street, Suite 300

Alexandria, VA 22314

DBacker@DBCapitolStrategies.com

Michael Thomas Morley, Esq.

Coolidge-Reagan Foundation

1629 K Street, Suite 300

Washington, D.C. 20006

morley@coolidgereagan.org

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Jerad Najvar, Esq.

Najvar Law Firm

4151 Southwest Freeway, Suite 625

Houston, TX 77027

jerad@najvarlaw.com

/s/

Esther D. Gyory (VA Bar # 76826)

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

999 E Street NW 

Washington, DC 20463 

Telephone: (202) 694-1650 

Fax: (202) 219-0260 

EGyory@fec.gov

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