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Some Congressional and Senatorial campaigns, and the PACs and party committees that support or oppose them, have filings due soon: (1) Quarterly Filers and Pre-Primary Reporting - If you are …

This is the second in a series of monthly tips on how to properly report debts owed by your committee. Last month we discussed how and when to first itemize …

There are special elections coming up in Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and Mississippi in the next few weeks, and with them, special election FEC reports. Links to all reporting schedules for …

The Commission will hold a conference in Washington, DC, on March 11-12, 2008, for corporations and their PACs. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on federal …

A federal candidate's appearance on a billboard endorsing a nonfederal candidate is not a coordinated communication and may be paid for with nonfederal funds.

Background

Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., represents …

Contributions forwarded by a nonconnected committee to the authorized committee of a Presidential candidate in the form of the nonconnected committee's checks are not matchable under the Presidential Primary Matching …

Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Devin Nunes may, in addition to soliciting funds that are from federally permissible sources and do not exceed the contribution limits for individuals and political committees, …

ActBlue, a registered nonconnected committee, may not independently solicit contributions from the general public on behalf of separate segregated funds (SSFs). However, ActBlue may work directly with SSFs to solicit …

The Commission released for public comment, but did not approve, two alternative draft advisory opinions concerning whether a law firm organized as a limited liability partnership and taxed as a …

Louisiana will hold Special Elections on the same days to fill vacancies in the Louisiana U.S. House seats in the 1st and 6th Congressional districts vacated by Representatives Bobby Jindal …

Indiana will hold a Special Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District formerly held by the late Representative Julia Carson. The Special General Election will …

The Commission requests comment on new and revised systems of records maintained by the FEC. The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, regulates the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of …

The FEC has recently fined 185 political committees a total of $234,405 in civil penalties for filing late campaign finance reports or failing to file at all. Since the Administrative …

The Commission has certified that 2008 Presidential candidates Dennis J. Kucinich and Duncan Hunter are eligible to receive Presidential primary matching funds. 26 U.S.C. §§9033(a) and (b); 11 CFR 9033.1 …

On December 20, 2007, the Commission certified $19,287,504.65 in federal matching funds to seven Presidential candidates for the 2008 election.(1) At this time, however, the Presidential Public Funding program lacks …

John Reeves Raese, a Senate candidate from West Virginia in 2006, and his campaign committee, Raese for Senate Committee, have agreed to pay a $74,500 civil penalty for failing to …

On December 13, 2007, Citizens United, a nonprofit membership corporation, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the constitutionality of the statutory provisions …