BEFORE THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
In the Matter of

)
) AO 2013-17
) Agenda Document No. 13-47

Tea Party Leadership Fund

CERTIFICATION
I, Shawn Woodhead Werth, recording secretary of the Federal Election Commission open
meeting on November 21,2013 do hereby certify that the Comniission took the following
actions in the above-captioned matter:
1. Failed by a vote of 3-2 to:
Approve Draft B as set forth in Agenda Document No. 13-47 and
autiiorize the Office of the General Counsel to make appropriate
technical and conforming amendments.
Commissioners Ravel, Walther, and Weintraub voted affinnatively for the motion.
Commissioners Hunter and Petersen dissented. Commissioner Goodman was recused and did
not vote.
2. Failed by a vote of 2-3 to:
Approve Draft A as set forth in Agenda Document No. 13-47 subject
to the following changes:
a) On Line 1, Page 7 after the parenthetical, add the sentence:
Perhaps the most significant is the report of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration that concluded that. "the IRS used
inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea Party and other
organizations applying for tax exempt status based upon their names
" "ofpo^licy pi3isiti'o"ns"instead^^
intervention." (Ex. A-l a).
b) On Line 20, Page 7 at the end of the sentence, add the sentence:
The Commission grants this exemption to reports covering
through December 31,2016.

 Federal Election Commission
Certification for Draft AO 2013-17
November 21,2013

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c) Authorize the Office of the General Counsel to make any necessary
technical and conforming edits.
Commissioners Hunter and Petersen voted afBrmatively for the motion. Commissioners
Ravel, Walther, and Weintraub dissented. Commissioner Goodman was recused and did not
vote.

Attest:

Date

Shawn Woodhead Werth
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Secretary and Clerk of the Commission