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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 Fleming for U.S. Senate Campaign Committee and the Bill Bowlin for Senate Committee failed to file 12-Day Pre-Runoff reports for the June 27, 2006, Senate runoff election in Mississippi. …
Read moreUse 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 moreA campaign committee may incur costs to promote the candidate's book without violating the ban on personal use of campaign funds because the candidate will donate all royalties to charity.
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 moreAn electric cooperative may solicit its executive and administrative personnel and its members for contributions to its own separate segregated fund (SSF) and to the SSF of an affiliated organization. …
Read moreFor each type of committee, a Campaign Guide explains, in clear English, the complex regulations regarding the activity of political committees. It shows readers, for example, how to fill out …
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 at https://www.fec.gov/calendar. The Calendar lists …
Read morePublic service announcements created and broadcast by EchoStar Satellite LLC ("EchoStar") that feature federal candidates are not coordinated communications because they would qualify for the charitable solicitation exemption provided that …
Read moreOn June 26, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Randall et al. v. Sorrell et. al. finding that Vermont state laws that limit contributions and expenditures for …
Read moreOn June 5, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a memorandum opinion and order denying Club for Growth, Inc.'s (the Club's) motion to dismiss. In …
Read moreOn July 7, 2006, the Commission published a Statement of Policy to announce that retaining signed payroll deduction authorization forms (PDAs) is not the only way committees can satisfy the …
Read moreJack Davis, a candidate for the House of Representatives in New York's 26th District, has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to declare certain provisions of …
Read moreDo you have a tip or a tactic that helps you comply with FEC rules and reporting? Please e-mail it to info@fec.gov. We'll publish the best tips on this …
Read moreIf you are running for the House and spend more than $350,000 of your own money, you have triggered the Millionaires' Amendment (the threshold for personal spending in Senate races …
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