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On January 12, 2015, the United States Supreme Court let stand the dismissal of Stop This Insanity’s constitutional challenge to the Federal Election Campaign Act’s contribution limits and solicitation restrictions …
Read moreOn January 5, 2015, the Federal Election Commission filed suit against Christine O’Donnell, Friends of Christine O’Donnell and Matthew Moran, in his official capacity as treasurer. The FEC alleges that …
Read moreThe Commission will expand its online compliance training program during the 2015-16 election cycle and replace its in-house seminars and workshops with webinars, beginning with our January webinars on Year-End …
Read moreThe Commission will expand its online compliance training program during the 2015-16 election cycle and replace its in-house seminars and workshops with webinars. This move reflects the relative attendance numbers …
Read moreThis article on filing requirements for 2015 is supplemented by the reporting tables linked at https://transition.fec.gov/info/report_dates_2015.shtml.
Year-End reports covering 2014 activity
All committees must file a 2014 …
The Commission has posted the schedule for FEC reports that are due in 2015 at https://transition.fec.gov/info/report_dates_2015.shtml. An overview of FEC reporting requirements for 2015 is also available at https://transition.fec.gov/pages/fecrecord/2015/january/reportsin2015.shtml …
Read moreOn December 24, 2014, the Commission announced that the interim rules removing the aggregate biennial contribution limits formerly found at 11 CFR 110.5 are now final rules. (79 Fed. Reg. …
Read moreOn December 11, 2014, plaintiff Stop Hillary PAC filed suit against the FEC to challenge the agency’s alleged failure to act on its complaint against Ready For Hillary PAC (Ready …
Read moreThe 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). 79 Fed. Reg. 77841 …
Read moreRufer, et al. v. FEC (Rufer) and RNC, et al. v. FEC (RNC) were both dismissed recently after the parties filed dismissal agreements with the U.S. …
Read moreOn December 11, 2014, the Commission announced its decision not to initiate a rulemaking to revise the definition of “federal office” in 11 CFR 100.4 to include delegates to a …
Read moreHappy holidays! As you prepare for the new year, it's a good time to make sure that you have updated your Statement of Organization ( FEC Form 1 (Instructions …
Read moreThe separate segregated funds (SSFs) for Rayonier Inc. (Rayonier) and Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM) are not affiliated because the companies’ overall relationship reflects independence post-spin-off.
Background
RYAM, …
On December 11, 2014, the Commission unanimously approved seven recommendations for changes to current campaign finance law. Two of the recommendations advocate expanding electronic filing requirements, and others relate to …
Read moreOn December 16, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83). Provisions of that law enable national party committees to establish accounts to …
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The Federal Election Commission has elected Ann M. Ravel as the agency’s Chair and Matthew S. Petersen as its Vice Chair for 2015. Ms. Ravel served as Vice Chair in …