[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 160 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13569-S13570]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         DISCHARGED NOMINATIONS

  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was 
discharged from further consideration of the following nomination and 
the nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar:

       Stephanie Johnson Monroe, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
     Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education.

  The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of the following nomination 
and the nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar:

       Donald A. Gambatesa, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
     United States Agency for International Development.

  The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of the following nomination and the nomination was placed 
on the Executive Calendar:

       Marilyn Ware, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Finland.
       Nominee: Marilyn Ware.
       Post: Ambassador to Finland.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Marilyn Ware $4351, 1/24/01, Republican National State 
     Elections Committee (RNSEC); $375, 1/26/01, RNSEC; $5,000, 9/
     17/01, Republican Federal Committee of PA; $1,000,

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     10/11/01, Friends of Jennifer Dunn; $1,000, 11/5/01, Collins 
     for Senator; $9.500, 12/27/01, Republican Party of Florida-
     Nonfederal Account; $2,000, 1/2/02, John Thune for South 
     Dakota; $1,000, 3/14/02, Hagel for Senate; $1,000, 4/1/02, 
     Diane Allen for U.S. Senate; $1,000, 4/15/02, Friends of Joe 
     Pitts; $50,000, 5/16/02, RNSEC; $1,000, 5/29/02, Pat Toomey 
     for Congress; $50,000, 6/11/02, RNSEC; $1,000, 6/17/02, 
     Greenwood for Congress; $1,000, 7/16/02, Friends of Jim 
     Gerlach; $2,000, 7/24/02, Norm Coleman for U.S. Senate; 
     $1,000, 8/22/02, Bill Shuster for Congress; $1,000, 8/29/02, 
     Friends of Scott McInnis; $1,000, 9/16/02, Friends of Melissa 
     Brown; $20,000, 9/30/02, National Republican Senatorial 
     Committee; $1,000, 9/30/02, Friends of Jennifer Dunn; 
     $60,000, 10/23/02, RNSEC; $1,000, 10/28/02, Sandhills PAC; 
     $1,000, 8/27/03, Friends of Joe Pitts; $2,000, 9/11/03, Bush-
     Cheney '04, Inc.; $25,000, 10/7/03, Republican National 
     Committee; $1,000, 10/7/03, Jim Gerlach for Congress; $5,000, 
     3/5/04, Ocean Champions PAC; $2,000, 3/31/04, John Thune for 
     U.S. Senate; $250, 5/7/04, Committee to Elect Sheryl S. 
     Perzel; $1,500, 7/27/04, College Republican National 
     Committee; $1,500, 8/9/04, Paterno for Congress; $250,000, 8/
     11/04, Progress for America Voter Fund; $275, 8/12/04, FED 
     Political Action Committee (aka FED PAC); $5,000, 8/23/04, 
     Specter Senate Victory Committee; $2,000, 8/24/04, John Thune 
     for U.S. Senate; $12,500, 9/24/04, Republican National 
     Committee; $150,000, 9/30/04, Progress for America Voter 
     Fund; $150,000, 10/19/04, Progress for America Voter Fund; 
     $60,000, 10/19/04, Let Freedom Ring; $2,000, 10/30/04, Jim 
     Gerlach for Congress; $1,000, 12/7/04, Republican Federal 
     Committee of PA; $5,000, 4/7/05, America's Foundation-
     Santorum PAC.
       3. Mark A. Strode, son, $250, 10/30/02, Republican National 
     Committee; $2,000, 9/19/03, Bush-Cheney '04 Primary.
       3a. Tina Strode, son's spouse, $2,000, 9/19/03, Bush-Cheney 
     '04 Primary.
       3b. Scott Strode, son: $800, 7/20/04, Citizens for Arlen 
     Specter.
       3c. Amyla R. Strode, daughter: N/A.
       4. Marian S. Ware, mother: $25,000, 1/9/01, Presidential 
     Inaugural Committee; $2,500, 3/15/01, Republican Senate 
     Special Election Fund; $10,000, 9/17/01, PA Republican State 
     Committee; $1,000, 10/11/01, Friends of Jennifer Dunn; 
     $1,000, 11/9/01, Susan Collins for Senator; $9,500, 12/27/01, 
     Republican Party of Florida--Nonfederal Account; $1,000, 1/2/
     02, John Thune for South Dakota; $1,000, 1/2/02, John Thune 
     for South Dakota; $1,000, 4/15/02, Friends of Joe Pitts; 
     $1,000, 6/19/02, Pat Toomey for Congress Committee; $1,000, 
     6/17/02, Greenwood for Congress; $1,000, 7/16/02, Friends of 
     Jim Gerlach; $1,000, 9/17/02, Melissa Brown for Congress 
     Committee; $25,000, 9/30/02, NRSC; $1,000, 10/4/02, Team 
     Sununu; $75,000, 10/23/02, Republican National State 
     Elections Committee; $2,000, 9/18/03, Bush-Cheney '04; 
     $2,000, 9/30/03, Bush-Cheney '04; $25,000, 10/7/03, 
     Republican National Committee; -$2,000, 10/30/03, Bush-Cheney 
     '04 (Refund); $2,000, 4/7/04, Citizens for Arlen Specter; 
     $2,000, 4/7/04, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $15,000, 7/23/04, 
     Choices for America; $500,000, 8/17/04, Progress for America 
     Voter Fund; $10,000, 9/9/04, National Republican Senatorial 
     Committee; $10,000, 9/9/04, Specter Senate Victory Committee; 
     $1,500, 12/7/04, Republican Federal Committee of 
     Pennsylvania. $250,000, 10/19/04, Progress for America Voter 
     Fund; $2,000, 10/30/04, Jim Gerlach for Congress Committee.
       5. Grandparent's: N/A.
       6. Paul W. Ware, brother: $2,000, 9/24/01, Republican 
     Federal Committee of Pennsylvania; $1,000, 10/18/01, Citizens 
     for Arlen Specter; $100, 12/21/01, NARAL; $30, 9/16/02, 
     Friends of Tony Allen; $250, 11/15/02, Citizens for Arlen 
     Specter; $1,000, 12/31/02, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $100, 
     12/31/02, NARAL; $250, 2/24/03, Fund for Choice; $100, 4/8/
     03, Friends of Dennis Stuckey; $1,000, 4/10/03, Friends of 
     Better Government; $1,000, 4/10/03, Friends of Dennis 
     Stuckey; $1,000, 4/21/03, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $1,000, 
     4/21/03, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $5,000, 5/15/03, Friends 
     of Better Government; $2,000, 10/31/03, Bush-Cheney '04; 
     $100, 12/24/03, ACLU; $50, 12/24/03, NOW; $1,000, 3/15/04, 
     ``Big Tent'' PAC; $1,000, 3/25/04, Republican Federal 
     Committee of Pennsylvania; $100, 5/27/04, ACLU; $50,000, 8/
     26/04, Progress for America Voter Fund; $50,000, 8/27/04, 
     Progress for America Voter Fund; $250, 9/13/04, Wenger for 
     Senate Committee; $500, 9/29/04, Friends of Better 
     Government; $2,000, 11/29/04, Friends of John Perzel;
       6a. Judy S. Ware, brother's spouse: $250, 4/9/03, Citizens 
     for Arlen Specter; $1,500, 4/21/03, Citizens for Arlen 
     Specter; $2,000, 4/21/03, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $2,000, 
     10/31/03, Bush-Cheney '04; $250, 11/19/03, Citizens for Arlen 
     Specter.
       6b. John H. Ware IV, brother: $12,000, 3/8/01, Republican 
     National Committee; $500, 10/13/04, Friends of Scott Paterno; 
     $500, 10/13/04, Freshman PAC; $500, 12/21/04, Freshmen PAC.
       7. Carol Ware Gates, sister: $260, 12/2/01, The Wish List; 
     $1,000, 1/3/03, RNC; $2,000, 3/26/03, Friends of Joe Pitts; 
     $4,000, 4/10/03, Citizens for Arlen Specter; $4,000, 4/16/03, 
     The Jim Geriach for Congress Committee; $4,000, 7/2/03, 
     Republican National Committee; $100, 7/23/03, RNC Life 
     Membership Program; $2,000, 9/10/03, Bush-Cheney '04; $500, 
     10/29/03, Republican National Committee; $1,000, 2/18/04, The 
     Chairman's Advisory Board; $100, 2/18/04, National Republican 
     Congressional Committee; $2,000, 4/21/04, John Kerry for 
     President; $150, 6/30/04, The Presidents Dinner; $25, 7/21/
     04, The Chairman's Advisory Board; $2,000, 8/25/04, Kerry-
     Edwards 2004 GELAC; $100, 8/25/04, Friends of Joe Pitts; 
     $2,975, 2/9/05, The Chairman's Advisory Board; $150, 2/16/05, 
     National Republican Congressional Committee; $1,000, 6/22/05, 
     Planned Parenthood Action Fund PAC.

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