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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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WASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order yesterday in Level the Playing Field, et al. v. FEC (Case 1:15-cv-01397-TSC), …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order yesterday in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. v. …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued two advisory opinions.
The Commission approved an advisory opinion in response to a request …
Read morePresidential candidates raised $1.3 billion and spent $1.2 billion in the first 21 months of the 2015-2016 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission …
Read moreWASHINGTON – 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 …
Read moreWASHINGTON – 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 …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission elected Steven T. Walther as Chairman and Caroline C. Hunter as Vice Chairman for 2017. Mr. Walther has served …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved two Advisory Opinions and discussed a third Advisory Opinion Request. The Commission also approved technical corrections to its regulations and elected officers …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved 13 legislative recommendations for 2016, an Audit Division recommendation memorandum, and amendments to agency circulation vote procedures.
WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today issued four advisory opinions. It held over two advisory opinion requests, consideration of proposed amendments to a Commission directive, and a vote on …
Read moreWASHINGTON – A three-judge court of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion yesterday in Republican Party of Louisiana, et al. v. FEC …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission cited 30 campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-General Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The United States District Court for the District of Columbia today issued an Order and Memorandum Opinion in Independence Institute v. FEC (Case 1:14-cv-01500-CKK-PAM-APM), denying the Plaintiff’s Motion …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission cited eight campaign committees today for failing to file the October Quarterly Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission today issued two advisory opinions and approved findings in an Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum.
The Commission approved …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission will not appeal the recent decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission today approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Technological Modernization, a Federal Register Notice on a comment period and hearing on a potential rulemaking …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission today named Lisa J. Stevenson as Acting General Counsel.
Ms. Stevenson joined the Commission in May 2012, serving as Special Counsel to the General …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in FEC v. O’Donnell (Case 15-cv-00017-LPS). The Court yesterday granted the FEC’s …
Read moreWASHINGTON — The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in CREW et al. v FEC (Case 1:14-cv-01419-CRC). The court granted CREW’s …
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