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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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On February 1, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that the Commission’s dismissals of two administrative complaints filed by Level the Playing Field, the Green …
Read moreMonthly filers are reminded they have a report covering the month of January due on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 20. Please note that the FEC does not have authority …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for membership and labor organizations and their political action committees (PACs) on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Commission staff will conduct several technical …
Read moreIt's not too late to register for the FEC's February 21 webinar on federal campaign finance law for corporations and their political action committees. This will be the only …
Read moreOn January 30, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission announced updated contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are effective for federal elections in 2017-2018.
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order yesterday in Level the Playing Field, et al. v. FEC (Case 1:15-cv-01397-TSC), …
Read moreThe Commission has published its updated civil penalty amounts for 2017, pursuant to a federal law that requires federal agencies to adjust civil penalties for inflation each year, beginning in …
Read moreThe Commission has announced the inflation-adjusted contribution limits for 2017-2018 elections, as well as the coordinated party expenditure limits and lobbyist bundling threshold for 2017. For the first …
Read moreVice President Mike Pence’s previous campaign committee for Indiana governor may spend its remaining nonfederal funds for several types of expenses related to winding down its state campaign activities and …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order yesterday in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. v. …
Read moreAdvisory Opinion Requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
Read moreCommittees often ask if they may include funds raised in January in their Year-End FEC reports. Under Commission regulations, the date of receipt is used for reporting purposes, so committees …
Read moreThe Green Party of Florida qualifies as a state committee of a political party under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act).
Under the Act and Commission regulations, a …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued two advisory opinions.
The Commission approved an advisory opinion in response to a request …
Read moreOn January 19, 2017, the Federal Election Commission voted to appoint Kathleen M. Guith as Associate General Counsel for Enforcement.
Ms. Guith joined the Commission as a staff attorney in …
Read moreGreat America PAC, a nonconnected hybrid political action committee, plans to hire phone bank personnel who may previously have been employed by a candidate or party committee. The Commission concluded …
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