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The PAC did not give the money. PAC contributions to federal candidates are
limited. The money was a combination of individual contributions Ken solicited and soft money donations to the Republican Party. 09/12/2000 10:33 AM Erin Rice Erin Rice Erin Rice 09/12/2000 10:33 AM 09/12/2000 10:33 AM To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron, Elizabeth Linnell/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: re: On Workplace Sleeves, Few Political Hearts I think I understand why people get confused now. See below, in blue..... I know you mean the Enron PAC has contributed more than $615k to the Bush campaign (right?), but it reads like Enron Corp gave money directly to Bush. It's a complicated issue -- which I am hoping to simplify with my story! I'm going to use the second quote below in the article. ----- Forwarded by Erin Rice/Corp/Enron on 09/12/2000 10:27 AM ----- Money and Business/Financial Desk; Section 3 Personal Business On Workplace Sleeves, Few Political Hearts By MELINDA LIGOS 09/10/2000 The New York Times Page 10, Column 2 c. 2000 New York Times Company An example is Enron, the Houston energy conglomerate, which even suggests how much employees should give. Kenneth L. Lay, the chairman, recently sent top executives a memo on his stationery asking them to contribute $1,000 each to the Bush campaign, said Steven J. Kean, an executive vice president. This year, Enron and its employees have contributed more than $615,000 to the Bush campaign, he said. But there are limits, even at companies like Enron. ''We might tell employees to go out and vote, but nobody tells them who to vote for or passes out brochures,'' Mr. Kean said. ''That kind of thing is just not acceptable in today's workplace.'' Photos: Rosa Erives, at her Denver apartment, was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention but does not discuss politics at work. (Essdras M. Suarez for The New York Times); Daniel Lysk draws a parallel between the time he spends at work sending e-mail messages about animal rights and the time other employees take to smoke cigarettes. (Karen Segrave for The New York Times) Copyright , 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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