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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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Congressional candidates running in 2017 and 2018 collected $2.3 billion and disbursed $1.8 billion, political parties received $1.2 billion …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued an advisory opinion and approved a Final Rule and Explanation and Justification in connection with the reporting of independent expenditures and electioneering …
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WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission elected Ellen L. Weintraub as Chair and Matthew S. Petersen as Vice Chairman for 2019. A member of …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an Audit Division recommendation memorandum.
The Commission held over discussion of Advisory Opinion Request 2018-15 from Sen. Ron …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission today cited 12 campaign committees for failing to file the 2018 12-Day Pre-General Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as …
Read moreWASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission today cited seven campaign committees for failing to file the 2018 October Quarterly Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as …
Read moreWASHINGTON – On August 3, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in CREW v. FEC (Case No. 16-0259). The Court …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission welcomed a new statutory provision making the Commission, effective immediately, the point of entry for all filings required under the Federal Election Campaign Act …
Read moreWASHINGTON – On September 15, the Chief Justice of the United States stayed the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in CREW v. FEC (Case …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion and a Notification of Availability on a petition for rulemaking.
Advisory Opinion 2019-11 (Microsoft Corporation). The Commission approved …
Read moreCongressional candidates running in 2017 and 2018 collected $1.7 billion and disbursed $1.1 billion, political parties received $924.3 million and spent $690.9 million, and political action committees (PACs) raised $2.6 …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited 13 campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission today c …
Read moreWASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission today c …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in CREW v. FEC (Case No. 16-0259), granting the Plaintiff’s …
Read moreWASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission cite …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion and discussed another advisory opinion request.
Advisory Opinion Request 2018-10 (United Utah Party Candidate Committee). The …
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