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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.
The FEC continues to update and expand its Enforcement Query System (EQS), a web-based search tool that allows users to find and examine public documents regarding closed Commission enforcement matters. …
Read moreThe FEC has an Advisory Opinion Search System available on its website at www.fec.gov. This search function allows users to search for advisory opinions (AOs) by the AO number …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission now accepts American Express, Diners Club and Discover Cards in addition to Visa and MasterCard. While most FEC materials are available free of charge, some campaign …
Read moreBetween issues of the Record, you can stay up-to-date on the latest FEC activity by visiting the Commission Calendar on our web site. The Calendar lists Commission meetings, …
Read moreOn January 23, 2008, the requester withdrew its request for an advisory opinion. People for Pete Domenici had sought guidance concerning the use of campaign funds to defray the legal …
Read moreThe Commission released for public comment, but did not approve, a draft advisory opinion concerning an affinity program between a corporation and political committees to provide Internet toolbars. The two …
Read moreThe Commission released for public comment, but did not approve, a draft advisory opinion concerning the political committee status of an organization soliciting funds and making independent expenditures. The two …
Read moreThe number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased by 1.5 percent during the second half of 2007, from 4,168 on July 1, 2007, to 4,234 by January 1, …
Read moreThe 2008 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.
The limits are:
The Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in California’s 12th Congressional District formerly held by the late Representative Tom Lantos will be April 8, 2008. Under California …
Read moreThe following principal campaign committees failed to file required 12 Day Pre-Primary reports:
The 12 …
Read moreDuring the last six months of 2007, the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program resolved and made public 44 campaign finance enforcement matters.
Nineteen of the matters resulted in civil penalties …
Read moreOn December 20, 2007, the Commission amended its written rules for conducting its meetings to provide for circumstances when the Commission has fewer than four members. The Commission published the …
Read moreOn January 24, 2008, the Commission elected Ellen Weintraub as Vice Chair for 2008. Vice Chair Weintraub was appointed to the Commission on December 6, 2002, renominated on January 9, …
Read moreThe Commission has entered into a conciliation agreement with Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY/6) and his campaign committee, Meeks for Congress (Committee), in which the Committee agreed to pay a …
Read moreIn recent weeks, the Commission has received a number of questions concerning the application of campaign finance laws to national convention delegates and individuals seeking selection as a delegate. The …
Read moreThe limits available for national and state party committees to spend in connection with the general election campaigns of candidates for federal office have been updated and are now available …
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