Rely on Your Beliefs Fund
- Rely on Your Beliefs Fund
The Rely on Your Beliefs Fund (ROYB Fund, ROBF) is an American 527 group.
On May 23, 2002, the ROYB Fund was forced to enter into a consent decree with the Missouri Ethics Commission for failing to comply with Missouri law by filing a statement of organization and required reports in a timely fashion. [http://www.firedupamerica.com/system/files?file=blunt_consent_decree.pdf]
People
* Roy Blunt - honorary chairman. [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:xcHnVLJKpfUJ:www.riverfronttimes.com/Issues/2001-10-03/news/feature2.html+%22Rely+on+Your+Beliefs%22+honorary&hl=en]
* Jim Ellis - founding staffer [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:KkUN7rCiHu0J:www.firedupamerica.com/jimellis+Ellis+ROYB+%22Rely+on+Your+Beliefs%22&hl=en]
Notable contributors
* Altria (one of the top corporate contributors in 2001-02 according to [http://www.politicalaccountability.net/Corporate%20Profile%20-%20Altria.pdf] ; Blunt's current wife was previously a lobbyist for the company)
* Enron [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:eOaYHkDWl8sJ:query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/com_rcvd/C00344648/+%22RELY+ON+YOUR+BELIEFS+FUND%22+ROYB+Enron&hl=en]
* Microsoft PAC [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:PYFQDYdn-pcJ:redmondmag.com/features/article.asp%3FEditorialsID%3D440+Rely+on+Your+Beliefs&hl=en]
* In March 2002, the Tigua tribe began making political contributions on request of Jack Abramoff in hopes of getting a casino approved. [http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=1830]
Payees
* J.W. Ellis Co. (roughly $88,000 in consulting fees) [http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/newsrelease.php?view=84]
References
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/16/AR2005051601334_pf.html Washington Post] (Also mirrored on a .gov page by John T. Doolittle: [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:V4H4OSkuPIsJ:gopsecretary.house.gov/morning.murmer/5.17.05.shtml++%22RELY+ON+YOUR+BELIEFS+FUND+%22+site:.gov&hl=en] )
* [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:0AmWxt2EbqEJ:www.nrcc.org/contents/events/+%22ROYB+Fund%22+ROYB&hl=en National Republican Congressional Committee Calendar of Events]
* [http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/com_rcvd/C00344648/ Contributions Received - Presented by the Federal Election Commission]
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