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At its open meeting of December 13, 2018, the Commission unanimously approved 11 legislative recommendations to send to Congress for consideration. The recommendations transmitted to Congress are available on the ...

To close down committee operations, a committee must file a termination report. To file a termination report, a committee must:

• no longer receive (or intend to receive) contributions; and
• no ...

Statistical Summary of 21-Month Campaign Activity of the 2017-2018 Election Cycle

Congressional candidates running in 2017 and 2018 collected $2.3 billion and disbursed $1.8 billion, political parties received ...

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued an advisory opinion and approved a Final Rule and Explanation and Justification in connection with the reporting of independent expenditures and electioneering communications ...

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission elected Ellen L. Weintraub as Chair and Matthew S. Petersen as Vice Chairman for 2019. A member of the Commission ...

The Commission will offer its annual Year-End reporting and FECFile workshops in January 2019. The webinars for PACs and party committees will be held on January 16, while the webinars ...

On November 8, 2018, State Representative Nancy Mace filed a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit challenges ...

The same disclaimer rules that apply to election-related mailings also apply to holiday greeting cards, even if they do not solicit funds or contain express advocacy. If a campaign sends ...

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an Audit Division recommendation memorandum.

Advisory Opinion 2018-15 (Wyden)

The Commission held over discussion of Advisory Opinion Request 2018-15 from Sen. Ron Wyden ...

On December 3, 2018, the Commission published a notice of availability in the Federal Register (83 Fed. Reg. 62283) in response to a rulemaking petition that asks the agency to ...

On December 3, 2018, the Commission published a notice of availability in the Federal Register (83 Fed. Reg. 62282) in response to a rulemaking petition. The petition asks the Commission ...

All PACs, party committees and 2018 general election candidates must file a Post-General Report (30G) by Thursday, December 6. This report covers activity from the close of books for your ...

Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.

• AOR 2018-12
  Provision of ...

Candidates who personally loaned their campaign more than $250,000 for the 2018 general election and would like to be repaid in full have until November 26, 2018 to obtain ...

If a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after an election is over, it may raise contributions to retire the debt provided that:

• The contribution is designated for that election ...