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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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The Commission requests public comment on a proposed enforcement policy regarding reporting errors that result from a misappropriation of funds. A companion document proposes internal controls that political committees could …
Read moreReminder: Quarterly Reports are due Sunday, October 15, and Monthly Reports are due Friday, October 20. Please note that the Commission does not have statutory authority to …
Read more. PACs, party committees and individuals/groups making independent expenditures that aggregate $1,000 or more and are made after 10/18 but more than 24 hours before Election Day must file 24-Hour …
Read moreIn an effort to provide more information to the regulated community and the public, the Commission is making its open meetings and public hearings available as audio recordings through the …
Read moreThe 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 moreA candidate who was previously nominated in a primary in the 23rd congressional district in Texas but who, because of a court order, will now participate in a newly scheduled …
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 moreA candidate's expenditures from personal funds made before the primary election will not trigger the Millionaires' Amendment for a general election opponent.
Under the so-called Millionaires' Amendment, a candidate …
Read moreAn incorporated law firm may not give free legal services to a federal candidate's principal campaign committee when the firm is paying its personnel to provide such services. In order …
Read moreThis issue of the Record and all other issues of the Record starting with January 1996 are available on the FEC website as PDF files. Visit the FEC web site …
Read moreA candidate's expenditures from personal funds made before the primary election will not trigger the Millionaires' Amendment for a general election opponent. However, any personal funds donated before the primary …
Read moreThree committees failed to file a 12-day pre-primary report in connection with the Florida primary election held on September 5, 2006:
Use FEC Faxline to obtain FEC material fast. It operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Hundreds of FEC documents— reporting forms, brochures, FEC regulations—can be faxed almost …
Read moreOn August 29, 2006, the Commission approved a Notice of Disposition ending its consideration of a rulemaking petition that sought to exempt certain "grassroots lobbying" communications from the electioneering communications …
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