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The Commission will hold a regional conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 9-10, 2010. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance …
Read moreOn January 20, 2010, the Commission will host two roundtable sessions on reporting, including the recently enacted lobbyist bundling disclosure rules. The reporting workshops will address common filing problems and …
Read moreThe Commission annually publishes an alphabetical listing of acronyms, abbreviations and common names of political action committees (PACs).
For each PAC listed, the index provides the full name of the …
Read morePolitical committees registered with the FEC must file periodic reports to disclose their receipts and disbursements. These reports are available to the public both at FEC headquarters in Washington, DC, …
Read moreIllinois State Representative Elizabeth Coulson, who is also a federal candidate for the U.S. House, may use her state campaign committee funds or her state office account to sponsor a …
Read moreWith the end of the year fast approaching, I want to take this opportunity to begin my final Message from the Chairman in the Record by thanking my fellow Commissioners …
Read moreThere are two special elections with reports due this Thursday, December 3, covering activity from October 15 through November 23. In New York's 23rd District, the post-general report is due …
Read morePre-primary reports are due Thursday (Thanksgiving), November 26, for authorized committees participating in the Massachusetts Senate special primary election. Please note that the Commission does not have statutory authority …
Read moreMonthly filing committees are reminded that they have a regular report due Friday, November 20, covering the month of October.
Read morePrinted versions of the July 2009 updated version of the FEC's Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees are now available free of charge from the FEC's Information Division. To order, …
Read moreThe Illinois Green Party (the ILGP) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) because: (1) the Green Party of the U.S. (the GPUS) …
Read moreGiven the requestor’s representation that they are not “political committees” under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) or Commission regulations, FEC allocation rules do not apply to …
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