On March 16, 2006, the Commission issued a Notice of Availability of a Rulemaking Petition to create an Exception for "Grassroots" Lobbying from the Definition of Electioneering Communication. Comments received in response to that notice appear below. For more information on this rulemaking visit our searchable electronic rulemaking system.
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- Alliance for Justice/John Pomeranz, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP
- American Society of Association Executives/Jerrald Jacobs, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21/Donald J. Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse,
Endreson & Perry, LLP- Chamber of Commerce of the United States/Jan Witold Baran, Caleb P. Burns and Stephen Bokat, Wiley, Rein and Fielding LLP
- Diane Emmerich
- Internal Revenue Service, Exempt Organizations Branch/Cynthia Morton
- National Association of Realtors/Ralph W. Holmen
- OMB Watch/Kay Guiane
- Joint Comments by:
- American Cancer Society
- American Federation State County and Municipal Employees
- Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest
- Human Rights Campaign
- Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund
- Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence
- National Council of Nonprofit Associations
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation
- National Council of Jewish Women
- National Employment Lawyers AssociatioNational Partnership for Women & Families
- OMB Watch
- One Connecticut
- Sierra Club
- Violence Policy Center
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
- Wilderness Society
180 Identical Form Letter Comments were received from the following:
- 1049 Films/Jim de Seve
- Lynette Allen
- American Association of University Women/Lisa Maatz
- Animals Need No Abuse/Theresa Barbour
- Arc/Jill Letourneau
- Arc of Pennsylvania/Steve Suroviec
- Asian Americans United/Ellen Somekawa
- Basic Intervention for New Direction/Terri Strong
- Alisa Battaglia
- Bruce Bernstein
- Breast Cancer Resource Center/Marjorie Gallece
- Susan Brittain
- Jerry Broadbent
- Karen Brown
- John Butler
- Butterfly Project/Eden Robertson
- Michael Campbell
- Regina Cappelletti
- Cellar Club/Donna Hyatt
- Center for Community Building/William Peterson
- Center for Humanistic Change/Debra Geiger
- Center for Nonprofit Advancement/Lee Mason
- Center for Non-Profit Corporations/Linda Czipo
- Children’s Campaign/Roy Miller
- Citizens Trade Campaign/Larry Weiss
- Coalition for a Tobacco Free Arkansas/Katherine Donald
- Sandra Cole
- Community Access Unlimited of New Jersey/Sidney Blanchard
- Community Alliance of Tenants/Victoria Ivy
- Community Development Management Partnerships/Stephen Adams
- Community FoodBank of New Jersey/Meara Nigro
- Community Recovery Services/Joan Kiley
- Connecticut Association of Nonprofits/Nora Duncan
- Consumers Coalition/Virginia Jarrow
- Council of Community Services of New York State/Krista Clark
- Gloria Davis
- Michael DeLiso
- Dependable Alternatives in the Community/Chris Carlson
- Displaced Homemakers Network of New Jersey/Cathi Rendfrey
- Educate to Rejuvenate/Jonathan Wrenn
- Karin Edwards
- Steven Eidelman
- Elk County Council on the Arts/Andi Willis
- Mary Eaton Fairfield
- Bonnie Faith-Smith
- Joanne Ferguson
- Sally Fisher
- Michelle Fuller
- Friends of West University Place Parks Fund/Donna LaMond
- Shannon Garrett
- Garrett County Chamber of Commerce/Charlie Ross
- Martina Gillis
- Girls Incorporated of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey/Valerie Colquitt-Wright
- Griffin, Griffin and Alexander/Robert Griffin
- Ravi Grover
- GTP Industries/Steve Perdue
- Elizabeth Hammond
- Lori Hartung
- Heart and Soul/Janna Lauer
- Elizabeth Hegeman
- James Hemm
- homeWORD
- Honored to Serve/Charles Burrell
- Tina Horowitz
- Hyacinth AIDS Foundation/ Matthew Franck
- IONA Senior Services/Ann Brookover
- Interfaith Community Services/Deborah Andreasen
- Riki Jacobs
- Jesus Lives Here Ministries/Michele Kay
- Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly/Ellen Feingold
- Antonio Karantonis
- DC Katten
- Michael Katz
- Keep It Moving/Judy Smith
- Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund/Margaret Dolan
- Dorinda Kelley
- J. Kirby
- Frank Kleshinski
- Suzanne Knight
- Ken Knipmeyer
- Jan Kochmeister
- Sharisa Kochmeister
- Gerriiana Koeniger
- Constance Kosuda
- Charles Krugman
- Thomas Kurth
- Natasha Lamoreux
- Brad League
- Nellie Lee
- Joan Leonard
- Noel Levy
- Red Lewis
- Lyle Linder
- Lola Luce
- Idelisse Malave
- Annu Mangat
- Andrea Manion
- Diana Mapes
- Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations/Henry Bogdan
- Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations/Trudy Jacobson
- Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations/Jack Kinstlinger
- Massachusetts Life Care Residents Association/Anne Schwartz
- Massachusetts Life Care Residents Association and the National Life Care Residence Associations/Joseph Strain
- Don McKelvey
- S. Meyers
- Michigan IDA Partnership/Susan Lindson,
- Michigan Nonprofit Association/Erin Skene
- Jim Mickelson
- Daniel Miler
- Mitchell County Shepherd’s Staff/Willis Botney
- Aimee Miter
- Jennifer Muir
- National Family Caregivers Association/Suzanne Mintz
- National Family Caregivers Association/James Mueller
- New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies/Debra Wentz
- New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness/Lisa LaBrecque
- Michael Ninburg
- Oregon Food Bank/Cassandra Garrison
- PANO/Marjorie Montanari
- PFLAG Transgender Network/David Parker
- Pa’lante/Laura Wenzel
- Charles Patti
- Peace and Freedom Party/Mary Lou Finley
- Sumner Peirce
- Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations/Joseph Geiger
- Frances Perlman
- Bill Plummer
- Pop Warner Little Scholars/Jon Butler
- Population Connection/Robert Wagner
- Powder River Basin Resource Council/Gillian Malone
- Pratt Health Foundation/W. DeWayne Bryan
- Progressive Leadership Alliance/Jan Gilbert
- Progressives of Lebanon/John Harvey
- ROI/Stuart Mitchell
- Jill Ransom
- Gregory Reece
- Glen Reid
- Republicans for Environmental Protection/Charity Blakely
- Amanda Rhoads
- Jan Robbins
- Judith Rosen
- Sylvia Ross
- Lyle Russworm
- Robert Rutkowski
- SCCCD/Wayne Brown
- SPIN Project/Josh Seidenfeld
- Bernard Salvo
- Donna Sams
- San Diego Housing Federation/Tom Scott
- Scherman Foundation/Sandra Silverman
- Marion Shulevitz
- Nadia Sindi
- Sandy Sobanski
- South Bluefield Neighborhood Association/Blaine Braithwaite
- George Stadnik
- Barbara Stamp
- Angela Szesciorka
- Brigitte Tawa
- Texas Freedom Network/Kathy Miller
- Kim Tietje
- Mark Turner
- University Wellness Center Consumer Advisory Board/Dontae Crawley
- Urban League for Bergen County/Gaynelle Dorsey
- Utah Assistive Technology Foundation/Marilyn Hammond
- Aglaia Venters
- K.C. Victor
- WV FREE/Margaret Chapman
- D.A. Wagner
- Karen Wagner
- Darryl Warner
- Whidbey Environmental Action Network/Marianne Edain
- Harry White
- Winyan Maka/Christinia Eala
- Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters/Kerry Schumann
- Mark Wojcik
- Women Helping Women/Melissa Higgins
- John Wysocki
- YWCA of Altoona/Diane Osgood
- Ashley Yonker
- Cristina Yoon