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Weekly Digests are published every Friday and summarize the week's publicly disclosed activity. Press releases are published as news happens.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Access Record articles from 1975 through 2004 on the Record archive page. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
On August 8, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of the prohibition on foreign nationals making contributions or expenditures in …
Read moreOregon will hold a Special Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District vacated by Representative David Wu. The Special Primaries will be held November 8, …
Read moreOn August 1, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered judgment in favor of the Commission in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) et …
Read moreOn July 21, 2011, the Commission made permanent a program established in 2010 to provide a means for early review of legal questions arising during the report review and audit …
Read moreA national party committee may revise the disclaimers that appear on its web pages. The disclaimer requirements are the same for the party committee’s website as for the version of …
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The Commission will hold a regional conference in San Diego, California, on October 25-26, 2011. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign …
Monthly filers are reminded that they have a report due Saturday, August 20, covering the month of July. Please note that the FEC does not have authority to extend …
Read moreThis article answers frequently asked questions about the duties and responsibilities of political committee treasurers. Under FEC regulations, a committee’s treasurer is personally responsible for carrying out his or her …
Read moreNext year is an election year, so this is good time to update your knowledge of FEC rules and practices to prepare for the 2012 elections. The FEC is now …
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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has named D. Alec Palmer to be the agency’s new Staff Director. Palmer, who served as Acting Staff Director, also will continue his responsibilities as …
The new FEC Record is now available! In an effort to provide more timely and user-friendly information, we have converted the Record from a print-based online publication to a wholly …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a regional conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 7-8, 2011. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance law. …
Read moreEffective immediately, we are converting the FEC Record from a monthly newsletter into a continuously updated news site, offering readers more timely and convenient access to campaign finance information. Articles …
Read moreFederal candidates, officeholders and national party officers may solicit only those contributions that are subject to the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (the Act’s) amount limitations and source prohibitions when …
Read moreStephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report (the Show), may establish and operate an independent expenditure-only committee (the Committee) which may solicit and accept unlimited contributions from individuals, political committees, …
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