Subject: Info for Political Contribution Strategies Mtg
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 01:12:00 -0700 (PDT)

Soft money giving statistics (2000):

Federal PAC giving statistics (1999-7/00):
Republicans:  67%  Democrats:  33%
Committee members:  47%
Leadership PACs:    8%
Parties:     39%
Other PACs:     3%

States:
PAC giving breakdown:  Republicans:  77%  Democrats:  23%
More information on party control to follow.

Excerpt from Lobbying Working Group documentation regarding contributions:

Recommended Guidelines for Choosing Recipients of Political Contributions*

1. Key Decision-Makers
? Leadership
? Committee Members
? Jurisdiction (Generally, only state-level office holders)

2. Pro-Business

3. Receptive to Key Enron Issues

4. Risk Management

5. Hedge our Bets

6. Timing: Primaries vs. General Elections  

7. Identify Opportunities for Giving to Other PACs

*Note:  These guidelines are intended to apply both to PAC and Corporate 
funds.  
---------------------- Forwarded by Elizabeth Linnell/HOU/EES on 08/09/2000 
06:25 PM ---------------------------

Melinda McCarty@ENRON
08/03/2000 03:28 PM
To: Steven J Kean/HOU/EES@EES, Richard Shapiro/HOU/EES@EES, James D 
Steffes/HOU/EES@EES, Cynthia Sandherr/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Elizabeth 
Labanowski/EPSC/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sandra McCubbin/SFO/EES@EES, Barbara A 
Hueter/DUB/EES@EES, Elizabeth Linnell/HOU/EES@EES
cc: Maureen McVicker/HOU/EES@EES, Ginger Dernehl/HOU/EES@EES, Marcia A 
Linton/HOU/EES@EES, Betsy Raybon/EPSC/HOU/ECT@ECT, Allison 
Navin/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Laurie Knight/DUB/EES@EES, Joseph Alamo/SFO/EES@EES 
Subject: Political Contribution Strategies Mtg

This meeting has been set for Thursday, August 10 @ 10:00 (Central Time) in 
Team room 4795.  Dial in number 
1-800-991-9019 Pass code 6608281.

Participants

Steve Kean
Rick Shapiro
Jim Steffes
Elizabeth Labanowski
Elizabeth Linnell
Cynthia Sandherr
Sandi McCubbin
Barbara Hueter

Thanks,
melinda
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