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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.
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At data.fec.gov, the Commission is building files that will allow for more sophisticated use of campaign finance data. Each of the files can be downloaded in either .csv or .xml …
Read moreThe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), a national committee of a political party, may file Lobbyist Bundling Reports on a quarterly basis instead of monthly. The applicable covered periods …
Read moreA communications consulting company established as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) may serve as a commercial vendor to a single member, natural-person LLC that makes independent expenditures concerning federal elections …
Read moreOn October 8, 2009, the Commission approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on certain aspects of federal election activity (FEA). The rulemaking is in response to the court …
Read moreMassachusetts will hold a Special Election to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy. The Special Primary will be held on December 8, 2009, …
Read moreOn September 18, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that three Commission regulations that implement how nonconnected federal political committees may allocate funds to …
Read moreOn October 8, 2009, the Commission approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing amendments to portions of its three part regulatory test for coordinated communications. 11 CFR 109.21. The …
Read moreThe Commission has just introduced a new disclosure data catalog for downloading data files from its website. The data catalog offers users increased flexibility and choice to customize their searches. …
Read moreOn October 22, the Commission announced it would not seek rehearing en banc in EMILY’s List v. FEC. On September 24, the United States Court of Appeals for the …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission will not seek rehearing en banc in EMILY’s List v. FEC.
On September 18, a panel of the Court of Appeals for the …
Read moreOn October 8, the Commission approved two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) implementing the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion in Shays v. FEC (Shays III) that found invalid aspects …
Read moreAuthorized committees are reminded that their October Quarterly reports are due this Thursday, October 15. This report covers the period of July 1 through September 30. Also, monthly filers …
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