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The Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $134,900 in federal matching funds to Jill Stein for President in connection with the 2016 presidential primary election. The certified amount …

The Commission is currently accepting public comments in response to two citizen petitions. The first, REG 2016-03 Political Party Rules Petition, asks the Commission to revise existing rules regarding …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $134,900 in federal matching funds to Jill Stein for President in connection with the 2016 presidential primary election. The …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued an advisory opinion and discussed a proposal to initiate a rulemaking and a draft Statement of Policy involving the role of foreign …

The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for corporations and their political action committees (PACs) on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the …

Party committees that do not conduct reportable federal election activity and all PACs have the option to choose to file reports on a "monthly" or "quarterly" filing schedule. Some committees …

Advisory 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.

AOR …

On December 22, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss in the matter of McChesney v. FEC. Bart McLeay …

This article on filing requirements for 2017 is supplemented by the reporting tables linked at https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/dates-and-deadlines/.

Year-end reports covering 2016 activity

All committees must file a 2016 Year-End …

The Commission has posted the schedule for when FEC reports that are due in 2017 at transition.fec.gov/info/report_dates_2017.shtml. An article containing an overview of FEC reporting requirements for 2017 is …

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For many of us, the start of the new year is a time to take stock and identify things we want to change. As part of that process, we encourage …

The Commission has published in the Federal Register a series of technical changes to various sections of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 81 Fed. Reg. 94238 …

This article discusses the use of campaign funds for transition expenses by newly-elected U.S. Representatives and Senators and by members of Congress leaving office due to retirement, election loss or …

With the 115th Congress set to convene next month, we’ve published a Record article designed to help newly-elected and retiring members identify which transition expenses can and cannot be paid …