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WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today issued its Per Curiam Order in Hassan v. FEC (Case 1:11-cv-02189-EGS). The text of the …
Read moreA few spots remain available for the FEC's seminar/webinar on federal campaign finance law for House and Senate campaigns and political party committees, to be held on March 20 at …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Commission today discussed the Petition for Rulemaking on Electioneering Communications Reporting that was filed by the Center for Individual Freedom. The petition requests that the Commission conduct …
Read moreThe FEC recently uploaded three updated videos to its YouTube channel, FECTube. The new videos concern contribution limits for 2013-14, redesignations and reattributions, and volunteer activity. …
Read moreMonthly filers are reminded they have a report due, Wednesday, February 20, covering the month of January. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, …
Read moreWASHINGTON –The Federal Election Commission today approved three Proposed Final Audit Reports.
Proposed Final Audit Report on McCain-Palin 2008 Inc. and McCain-Palin Compliance Fund, Inc. The Commission approved the …
Read moreMassachusetts will hold special primary and general elections to fill the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry. The Special Primary will be held on …
Read moreMissouri will hold a Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Missouri’s 8th Congressional district vacated by Representative Jo Ann Emerson. The Special General will be held …
Read moreUnder the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, which …
Read moreThe Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA), requires certain political committees to disclose contributions bundled by lobbyists/registrants and …
Read moreThe 2013 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available. The limits are:
There are several special elections for House seats in Illinois, South Carolina and Missouri, and a Senate seat in Massachusetts. Candidates in these elections, as well as quarterly-filing political committees …
Read moreFederal candidates, parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $5.7 billion and spent more than $4.8 billion between January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012, according to third-quarter …
Read moreOn January 31, 2013, the Commission posted for public comment a draft interpretive rule that would clarify how political committees must report disbursements to (or by) a person who is …
Read moreThe Green Party of Virginia (the GPV) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) because: (1) the Green Party of the U.S. (the …
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