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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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The FEC Press Office now publishes a weekly digest of Commission events and news every Friday afternoon. You can find the Press Office digest online or sign up to subscribe …
Read more. On September 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the decision of the district court in Emily’s List v. Federal Election Commission and …
Read moreMonthly filers are reminded that they have a report due Sunday, September 20, covering the month of August. Please note that the Commission does not have statutory authority to …
Read moreThe Commission published final rules in July that increased certain civil penalties for inflation, including fines under the Administrative Fines Program for late- or non-filed reports. For more information on …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a regional conference in San Francisco, California, on October 28-29, 2009, at the Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical …
Read moreThe Commission has issued a new agency procedure to provide notification to respondents of enforcement proceedings based on information ascertained by the Commission in the normal course of carrying out …
Read moreDuring the first six months of 2009, Democratic and Republican party committees that filed disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) raised a combined $214.6 million and spent $164.9 …
Read morePenske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. Political Action Committee (Penske PAC), the separate segregated fund (SSF) of Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. (Joint Venture) may disaffiliate from the General Electric Company …
Read moreThe Libertarian Party of Ohio (the LPO) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) because the LPO: (1) qualifies as a political party; …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has dismissed two petitions for rulemaking related to the Commission’s regulations on candidate debates at 11 CFR 110.13.
The first petition, filed in May 1999, …
Read moreAn authorized committee of a candidate may accept contributions that may be used for a special or emergency election or runoff in 2009 or 2010, even though an election has …
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