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Proposal ID1289
ProposalClosure of the GCCC
PresenterYoung Ecosocialist Caucus
Floor ManagerWissam Charafeddine
PhaseClosed - Adopted
Discussion03-30-2026 - 04-12-2026
Voting04-13-2026 - 04-19-2026
Presens QuorumTwo Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens QuorumA Majority of Yes and No Votes

Background

As a National Party Committee before the FEC, the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is limited in the amount of money it is able to spend on behalf of federal level (US Senate and House of Representatives) candidates at $5,000. (In actuality we can only donate $3,300 as we are not qualified as a Multi-Candidate Committee currently and we can also donate more to Senate candidates, but that is not germane—see page 42).

However, as a National Political Committee, the Green Party of the United States is allowed to create two different types of Subordinate Committees: a House Campaign Committee and a Senate Campaign Committee. Contributions from these committees each count separately; for example, GPUS could give $5,000 to a House candidate and the candidate's subordinate House committee could also give $5,000 to that same candidate for a total of $10,000. However, the real benefit is in the money the committees can raise: a donor is limited in giving $44,300 (as of 2026) to a party committee, but can give that same amount to a party's House Campaign Committee, and Senate Campaign Committee for up to 3x the total.

In 2006, the Green Party actually created a subordinate committee: The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee.

In the proposal to create it, which passed the NC in June 2006, the (up to 3x amount if spread out over the three possible committee types) contribution limit that a donor could give to us was cited as the reason for creation.

(We also created a Green Party House Campaign Committee in that 2006 NC proposal, but YES cannot find evidence of that existing as a separate federally registered committee.)

After many years of donating directly to candidates and fundraising via the Green Senatorial Campaign committee, donations and activity slowed down around 2019. Then in April 2024 we renamed the committee the Green Congressional Campaign Committee, and changed treasurers. That committee has not been in FEC compliance since and is as such liable for civil penalties. (For more info on this see year end reference letter 2024 & 2025).

Meanwhile around the same time, April 2024, as we renamed the Green Senatorial Campaign Committee as the Green Congressional Campaign Committee, the National Committee voted that the: "House of Representative Campaign Committee and the Senate Campaign Committees be combined into a single committee, called the Green Congressional Campaign Committee (GCCC)."

Not detailed in the proposal was that in addition to merging the committees into what exists now—a separate committee was actually formed with the FEC four months later, also confusingly called the Green Congressional Campaign Committee.

That committee was a 'Joint Fundraising Committee,' a special FEC term for non-connected Political Action Committees (PACs) that act as representatives for themselves and one or more other committees in fundraising (see also Appendix C here for more info), thus allowing a donation to one entity to be spread among multiple, and to help defray the cost of fundraising.

In its incorporation, the Green Congressional Campaign Committee Joint Fundraising Committee lists the old (and now renamed) Green Senatorial Campaign Committee, which in 2024 was retitled the Green Congressional Campaign Committee, as the other beneficiary for fundraising.

So now we have two committees:
The Green Congressional Campaign Committee est. April 2024 (Subordinate Committee) — previously the Green Senatorial Campaign Committee est. 2006
The Green Congressional Campaign Committee est. August 2024 (Joint Fundraising PAC)
With the incorporation, the joint fundraising PAC is intended to benefit our party committee, but a look at the expenditures from 2023-2024 & 2025-2026 show very little benefit to Green candidates.

The GCCC (Subordinate Committee) has $122 in the bank, and is facing potential civil penalties and/or audits/enforcement. It apparently took the past NC proposal to rename it, and renamed itself but forgot to fill out the paperwork to shut it down.

The linked GCCC (Joint Fundraising Committee), which we previously found was spending just 2% of its money on support for candidates in 2025, is also facing questions from the FEC, having failed to finalize contributions to the five federal candidates that it shared in its application for Multi-Candidate status. The committee had several years to reach multi-candidate status (which comes with that higher donation threshold—see page 42), and only seemed to designate funds to candidates after being questioned on its activities by the National Committee. This committee has $2,639 left in the bank.

Background (GCCC Rules & Recent Developments)

While incorporating this "combined" committee which resulted in the renaming of the Green Senatorial Campaign Committee to Green Congressional Campaign Committee—and the separate registering of the joint fundraising committee Green Congressional Committee—the National Committee was presented with a set of bylaws for this new GCCC. To pick out three:

2-1. Raise funds for the Green Congressional Campaign Committee, that the GCCC can donate directly to Green Party candidates running for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, as described in the GCCC Mission in Section I.

2.7 Report on GCCC activities to the National Committee at the Annual National Meeting, either orally, in writing or both, and at any other intervals as requested by the National Committee.

2.8 Submit requests for budgeted funds according to the procedures defined in the GPUS Fiscal Policy.

Regarding 2.8, concerns were raised by YES Caucus in May 2025 around the GCCC's (joint fundraising committee) compliance with the GPUS Donor Bill of Rights (a part of the GPUS Fiscal Policy).

The Steering Committee took the matter up on June 6, 2025 Steering Meeting. Meanwhile further evidence was raised by Delegates about GCCC practices, bolstering concerns.

When the GPUS Steering Committee (SC) Liaison to GCCC reported back in the June 22nd 2025 SC Meeting after continued concern raised on the list regarding this incongruence with 2.8, it was mentioned: “options for GPUS to pursue to rehabilitate that committee's work, including writing further oversight processes into the gccc's committee rules, recall of members, and even, as this proposal seeks to do, disbanding the committee as a whole.”

GCCC fundraising tactics continued raising concerns on the National Committee, and eventually YES Caucus published a report on the GCCC's public expenditures, leading to a meeting between the National Committee and the GCCC (which should have happened earlier per 2.7).

A meeting was set and held with a GCCC Representative and the National committee on November 15th, where the GCCC representative agreed to the following actions:

Action Items that the GCCC has committed to during this call, and at Steering on 7/15, include:
Sharing with the National Committee the fundraisers full compensation Structure
Sharing with the National Committee GCCC policies regarding how candidates can request specific fundraising support
Adopting a GCCC Donor Bill of Right per what the GCCC/GPUS Steering liaison said was working on with the GCCC in July
Sharing the breakdown of how much Google Ad spend was given in kind to each candidate in 2024 and 2025
Update FEC filing to reflect the fundraiser’s sole source of income as being from Commission and not other paid contracting
Update donor page on the GCCC site to reflect how the money is being used
Bring Committee membership up to seven and hold elections
Share criteria for what makes a competitive campaign
Ensure that the $1,000 chargeback to the donor in Connecticut was given back completely
Ensure that the fundraiser tells people on the phone during solicits that he is a paid contractor with the GCCC

On the call it also became clear that the GCCC was not fulfilling 2.1, and had provided no money to support candidates; instead committee members were flying around the country filming ads. This came as a shock to the national committee members on the call as it was not meeting its most basic mission of the GCCC.

Instead of any of these items getting done, within a month almost all the GCCC members had resigned and a GCCC representative wrote to their Steering Liason saying that the GCCC was "performing an orderly shutdown."

Proposal Purpose

Given:
There are two GCCC entities currently active, and they collectively hold little money (<$3,000)
There is no reason for the Green Party to have a Joint Fundraising PAC or a Subordinate Committee out to compliance with the FEC, and facing an civil penalties
The GCCC have shown the inability of following their own Bylaws, specifically: 2.1, 2.7, & 2.8
The GCCC is already in the process of an "orderly shutdown"
The GCCC or its prior incarnation of Green Senatorial Campaign Committee never gave more than a few thousand to candidates (something the Green National Party Committee can do)
The crucial candidate support work of the GCCC can be done by the Coordinated Campaign Committee as it was done pre-2006
Registering a PAC is a simple and inexpensive process, should situations change and we need to donate more than $5000 to a candidate, or bring in a donation of more than $44,300

There is no reason for either the:
Party Non-Qualified [subordinate] Committee entity known as: Green Party Congressional Campaign Committee (ID: C00428664)
 Joint Fundraising Committee entity known as: Green Party Congressional Campaign Committee (ID: C00886788)
to exist.

We call for them to be disbanded per the FEC process.

Proposal

Suspend any nominations for GCCC additions, and current GCCC membership follows the orderly shut-down as previously mentioned in the message penned to the SC.

Resources

Within 30 days of this proposal passing, closure of the following federal committee registered with the FEC:
Party Non-Qualified [subordinate] Committee entity known as: Green Party Congressional Campaign Committee (ID: C00428664)
Joint Fundraising Committee entity known as: Green Party Congressional Campaign Committee (ID: C00886788)
The GPUS SC and Finance Committee are tasked with ensuring the above is followed due to their work and connections with both the chairs of GCCC and the FEC knowledge.

Next,
Utilize the remaining (<$3,000) to pay towards any fines/civil penalties incurred.
If any remains, to be transferred to the GPUS reserves for campaign support.

Additionally, any GCCC information and records compiled by the co-chairs of GCCC and archived on the GPUS server for safekeeping by the webmaster of GPUS.

References

Green Party NC/CC Voting History
Proposal 223:Creation of National Green Party House and Senatorial campaign committees
Proposal 346:Amendment to the Bylaws of the Green Senatorial and House Campaign Committees




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