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Committees that file monthly have a report due Sunday, May 20, covering the month of April 2012. Please note that the FEC does not have the authority to extend …

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 …

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 …

Did you know the FEC is on Twitter? Follow @fec for breaking FEC news and updates, including links to press releases, open meeting livestreams, and other FEC-related developments.

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 …

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, …

Presidential and congressional candidates running in the current election cycle, political parties and political action committees (PACs) collected more than $1.9 billion and disbursed more than $1.3 billion in 2011, …

A New Hampshire statute requiring disclaimers on certain campaign-related telephone surveys is preempted by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) and Commission regulations in cases where the surveys refer …

An association of physician-owned hospitals and persons affiliated with it may make contributions to independent expenditure-only committees because they are not considered to be federal contractors.

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Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. may solicit contributions to its separate segregated fund (SSF) from the executive and administrative personnel of both its corporate and non-corporate franchisees/licensees. Dunkin Brands, Inc. controls the …

Every four years at this time, we begin to receive calls asking about the reporting requirements and contribution rules that apply to national convention delegates. Individual delegates are not required …

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee today for failing to file the April Quarterly Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as revised …

WASHINGTON –The Federal Election Commission today approved five advisory opinions and held over three advisory opinion requests.

Advisory Opinion 2012-12 (Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.) The Commission concluded that Dunkin' Brands, Inc.’s …

Several callers affected by redistricting have asked how this process affects their House campaign's contribution limits and reporting requirements. In FEC Advisory Opinion 1982-22, the Commission ruled that the …