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WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued two advisory opinions.
Advisory Opinion Request 2017-10 (Citizens Against Plutocracy). At its open meeting today, the Commission approved an …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved two advisory opinions and instructed the Office of General Counsel to develop a consensus draft advisory opinion in …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved four findings in an Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum and issued an Advisory Opinion. The Commission also discussed two …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission issued an advisory opinion, and discussed a second advisory opinion request and the Commission’s response to alleged foreign interference …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved two advisory opinions.
Advisory Opinion 2017-01 (American Urological Association). The Commission issued an advisory opinion in response …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has introduced its new website, offering improved navigation and an array of intuitive new tools to mine the agency’s rich campaign finance data set.
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Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an Amended Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum and an advisory opinion, and reached consensus to begin drafting a Notice …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today affirmed (Case 16-865) the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Republican Party of …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware yesterday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in FEC v. O’Donnell (Case 15-cv-00017-LPS). The court ordered that: 1) Christine …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today considered an Advisory Opinion Request and instructed agency staff to revise an Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum.
Advisory Opinion Request 2016-23 (Socialist Workers Party) …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today issued a Per Curiam Order in CREW, et al. v. FEC (Case Nos. 16-5300 and …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order yesterday in Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC (Case 1:16-cv-00752-JDB), granting …
Read morePresidential candidates raised and spent $1.5 billion during the 2015-2016 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity from January 1, 2015 …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved a Draft Supplemental Notice of Disposition of Petition for Rulemaking and two Audit Division Recommendation Memorandums. The Commission also discussed the 2017 …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission will not appeal the recent decision of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Level the Playing Field, et al. …
Read moreWASHINGTON – Lynne A. McFarland, who has served for 27 years as the Federal Election Commission's first and only permanent Inspector General, is retiring after a 40-year career at the …
Read moreWASHINGTON – Ann M. Ravel, who joined the Federal Election Commission in 2013 and served as Chair in 2015, will leave the Commission today. She plans to return to her …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today affirmed the three-judge court opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Independence Institute v. FEC (Case …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order today in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. v. …
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 …
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