Investigation of Senator Herman E. Talmadge: report of the Select Committee on Ethics, United States Senate, to accompany S. Res. 249 together with additional views

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Page 26 - contribution" includes a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable to make a contribution; (e) The term "expenditure...
Page 24 - Federal office, for the purpose of influencing the result of a primary held for the selection of delegates to a national nominating convention of a political party or for the expression of a preference for the nomination of persons for election to the office of President...
Page 24 - ... (6) the total sum of expenditures made by or on behalf of such person during the calendar year. (b) The statements required to be filed by subsection (a) shall be cumulative during the calendar year to which they relate, but where" there has been no change in an item reported in a previous statement only the amount need be carried forward.
Page 24 - candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election, to Federal office, whether or not such individual is elected, and, for purposes of this paragraph, an individual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, to Federal office...
Page 24 - Election" means (1) a general, special, primary, or runoff election, (2) a convention or caucus of a political party held to nominate a candidate, (3) a primary election held for the selection of delegates to a national nominating convention of a political party, and (4) a primary election held for the expression of a preference for the nomination of persons for election to the office of President. (c) "Federal office...
Page 26 - State" means each State of the. United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States^.] ; (j) "identification" means— (1) in the case of an individual, his full name and thf.
Page 24 - State to qualify himself for nomination for election, or election, or (2) received contributions or made expenditures, or has given his consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with a view to bringing about his nomination for election, or election, to such office; (c) "Federal office...
Page 24 - States; (2 ) a contract, promise, or agreement, express or implied, whether or not legally enforceable, to make a contribution for such purposes; (3) a transfer of funds between political committees; (4) the payment, by any person other than a candidate or political committee, of compensation for the personal services of another person which are rendered to such candidate or political committee without charge for any such purpose; and (5) notwithstanding the foregoing meanings of "contribution...
Page 24 - ... contribution", the word shall not be construed to include services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time on behalf of a candidate or political committee; (f ) "expenditure...
Page 613 - In the case of the death of any Senator, the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration may certify for such deceased Senator for any portion of such sum already obligated but not certified to at the time of such Senator's death, and for any additional amount which may be reasonably needed for the purpose of closing such deceased Senator's State offices, for payment to the person or persons designated as entitled to such payment by such chairman.

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