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Latest Articles:Commission Cites Committees for Failure to File Texas Pre-Primary Report On May 25, 2012, the Commission cited eight campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), for the Texas primary election held on May 29, 2012. Read more... Conway for Senate v. FEC On May 10, 2012, Conway for Senate filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky challenging a civil penalty of $4,950 assessed by the Federal Election Commission. Read more... Commission Releases Documents on Enforcement and Compliance Practices On May 23, 2012, the Commission made public a collection of internal documents concerning the agency’s enforcement and compliance practices. Disclosure of the documents follows oversight hearings on November 3, 2011, before the Subcommittee on Elections of the House of Representatives Committee on House Administration. Read more... AO 2012-07 Feinstein May Recoup Only Some Contributions Senator Dianne Feinstein’s re-election committee (the Committee) may receive replacement contributions for some – but not all – of its funds that its former treasurer Kinde Durkee recently pled guilty to embezzling. Read more... Commission Cites Committee for Failure to File Arkansas Pre-Primary Report On May 18, 2012, the Commission cited a campaign committee for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), for the Arkansas primary election held on May 22, 2012. Read more... AO 2012-16 Federal Contractor May Provide Legal Compliance to Senate Campaign A law firm partnership that is also a federal contractor may provide pro bono legal services to a federal campaign committee pertaining to compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) and Commission regulations without making a contribution. Read more... Alternative Disposition of Advisory Opinion Request 2012-08 (Repledge) On May 10, 2012, the Commission considered, but could not approve by the required four affirmative votes, an advisory opinion request from Repledge. Thus, the Commission concluded its consideration of the request without issuing an advisory opinion. Read more... Commission Approves Legislative Recommendations for 2012 On May 10, 2012, the Commission unanimously approved five legislative recommendations for 2012 to be submitted for consideration to Congress. Read more... Commission Cites Committee for Failure to File Nebraska Pre-Primary Report The Commission cited a campaign committee for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), for the Nebraska primary election held on May 15, 2012. Read more... AO 2012-11 Two of Nonprofit's Ads Expressly Advocate Two of 11 advertisements proposed by the nonprofit Free Speech expressly advocate the election or defeat of a federal candidate. Another four of the group’s proposed ads are not express advocacy under the same standards. The Commission also agreed that two of the group’s four proposed donation requests would not be solicitations. Read more... AO 2012-14 Individual May Not Exceed Biennial Limit As an individual donor, Shaun McCutcheon is prohibited from making aggregated contributions to federal candidates in excess of $46,200 during the 2011-2012 election cycle. The Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) limits the amount an individual can donate during a two-year period to an aggregate of $117,000 to all federal candidates, PACs and parties. Read more... Van Hollen v. FEC On April 27, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order denying the intervenors’ motions for a stay pending appeal in Van Hollen v. FEC. This follows the Court’s grant of the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in which the Court found that the FEC had no statutory authority to limit certain disclosure obligations under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). Read more... AO 2012-09 Partnership May Establish Conversion Program to Turn Loyalty Points Into Political Contributions A limited liability company may establish an online program in which participants in corporate-sponsored loyalty programs would convert loyalty “points” or rewards into monetary equivalents and contribute them to candidates, their authorized committees and other political committees. Read more...
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