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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 October 10, 2024, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request from DSCC, Montanans for Tester and Gallego for Arizona, concerning their proposed formation of joint fundraising committees to run …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $113,232.74 in additional federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President (MPFP). Mike Pence had previously sought the …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission has voted to certify a payment of $113,232.74 in additional federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President (MPFP). Mike Pence …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved two advisory opinions but was unable to approve a third by the required four votes. Prior to the …
Read moreQuarterly filers have a report due Tuesday, October 15, and monthly filers have a report due Sunday, October 20. Both cover activity through September 30.
Staff in the …
Read moreOn Wednesday, November 20, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down the campaign cycle and file their 30 Day Post-General Reports, due December …
Read moreWASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission today announced the appointment of Susan Ruge-Hudson as the agency’s new Inspector General.
Ms. Ruge-Hudson comes to the Commission with nearly 15 years of experience in …
Read moreWhen a campaign solicits contributions through public communications, a campaign website or internet application, it must include a clear and conspicuous notice stating that it was authorized and paid for …
Read moreFormer Representative Alan Lowenthal may not use his remaining campaign funds to a pay an assistant or editor to help draft a book or other publication because such payments would …
Read moreCommittees must file the following reports in October:
On September 23, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit filed by Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (plaintiffs). The suit alleged organizational …
Read moreCommittees and their treasurers must make best efforts to obtain, maintain and report information required by law to itemized receipts and disbursements. When reporting information is incomplete, the political committee …
Read moreOn September 19, 2024, the Commission voted not to open a rulemaking on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in campaign ads. Instead, the Commission adopted an Interpretive Rule that …
Read morePresidential candidates collected $815.1 million and disbursed $586.4 million, Congressional candidates collected $2.5 billion and disbursed $1.8 billion, political parties received $1.4 billion and spent $1 billion, and political action …
Read moreOn September 19, 2024, the Commission approved a final rule and explanation and justification amending its regulations at 11 CFR part 113 to clarify that federal candidates and officeholders may …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 22-3319), ordering …
Read moreWhen a committee files a Statement of Organization (Form 1) to register with the FEC it lists the address (or URL) for its website, if the committee has one. Identifying …
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