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May 31, 2001
To: Ken Lay Steve Kean From: Rick Shapiro Linda Robertson Subject: The President=01,s Dinner, A Congressional Salute Honoring Preside= nt=20 Bush and Vice President Cheney, June 27, 2001 in Washington, DC This memo is a follow up to your phone conversation with Roger Enrico=20 regarding Enron contributing $250,000 to The President=01,s Dinner. The=20 President=01,s Dinner is a joint fundraising effort by the National Republi= can=20 Congressional Committee (NRCC) and the National Republican Senatorial=20 Committee (NRSC). We contacted both Congressman Tom DeLay and the House=20 Senate Dinner committee to ensure that Enron could fully participate in The= =20 President=01,s Dinner and receive credit for money we have already committe= d to=20 give to the Committees earlier this year. =20 With the assistance of Congressman Tom DeLay we were able to apply our=20 previously contributed soft money toward this dinner. Consequently, we wil= l=20 be =01&credited=018 as giving $250,000 to this event, even though we are be= ing=20 asked to give only $50,00 in =01&new=018 soft money. Our earlier contribut= ions of=20 $100,000 each to the NRCC and NRSC will make up the remaining money. You= =20 will be listed as Co-Chair of the event, the highest level of giving. We= =20 will be crediting Congressmen DeLay, Armey, Barton and Tauzin for raising t= he=20 $100,000 allocation for the NRCC. As for $100,000 we earlier gave the NRSC= ,=20 Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has requested that Enron give her some credit= =20 for raising the money. We would like to split it among several other=20 Senators. =20 In addition, Congressman Tom DeLay has asked Enron to contribute $100,000 t= o=20 his leadership committee, ARMPAC, through a combination of corporate and=20 personal money from Enron=01,s executives. ARMPAC funds will be used to as= sist=20 other House Members as well as the redistricting effort in Texas. We will = be=20 meeting this request over the course of this calendar year. Kevin Hannon has expressed an interest in attending the dinner. Will you b= e=20 able to join us on the 27th in Washington to attend the dinner?
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