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The Commission will host a series of webinars to help committees prepare to file their disclosure reports due in October. The webinars for PACs and party committees will be offered …

Google LLC (Google) will not make a prohibited contribution by offering a pilot program that excludes emails sent by federal candidate committees, party committees, and leadership PACs from …

Bridget Fleming for Congress, Jackie Gordon for Congress, Conole for Congress, and Max Rose for Congress (the "Committees") may seek to have contributions originally designated for New York's November 2022 …

Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.

• AOR 2022-11
  Solicitation …

On March 25, 2022, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s dismissal of its administrative …

Campaign funds may be used to pay for overnight childcare expenses the candidate incurs when traveling for his own campaign and his spouse is not available to care for their …

A nonconnected political committee that has Members of Congress as its officers and on its board of directors is not a leadership PAC of those Members nor is it affiliated …

Sprinkle, a for-profit company, may provide contribution processing services to contributors without making a contribution to recipient candidates. Furthermore, when providing information to those contributors to aid in decision making, …

On July 14, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) denied the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21’s (plaintiffs) motion for reconsideration of an …

On July 22, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana granted the Federal Election Commission (FEC) a default judgment against Defend Louisiana PAC and Taylor Townsend, …

On July 20, 2022, AB PAC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging the FEC failed to act on its administrative complaint. AB PAC …

Political committees, individuals and organizations spent $3.1 billion on independent expenditures during the 2020 election cycle. If you’d like to learn more about these unlimited express advocacy communications, as …

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin Federal (the state party committee) may form a joint fundraising committee with a nominee fund established for the party’s eventual nominee for U.S. Senate …

On July 8, 2022, Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the dismissal of its administrative complaint against Donald …

Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.

• AOR 2022-06
  Affiliation …

The value of a research book paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) may be allocated equally to the DSCC and two authorized committees as long as the …

A limited liability company (LLC) may create a customized website to enable its corporate separate segregated fund (SSF) client to solicit the public for contributions to candidates and political committees …

Candidates seeking nomination to the House of Representatives from New York are entitled to separate contribution limits for a court-ordered August 23 primary.

Background

Congressional candidates in New York were …

Committees must file the following reports in July:

• All authorized committees of House and Senate candidates must file a quarterly report by July 15, 2022. The report covers financial activity …

New York has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House seats in the 19th and 23rd Congressional Districts vacated by Representative Antonio Delgado and Representative Tom Reed. The Special …