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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.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Access Record articles from 1975 through 2004 on the Record archive page. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
Monthly filing committees are reminded that they have a regular report due Thursday, August 20, covering the month of July. Some committees may also have to file lobbyist bundling …
Read moreThere are two special House elections in California with reports due in August. In California's 32nd District, a post-runoff report is due August 13 (covering activity from July 1 through …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a regional conference in Chicago, Illinois, on September 15-16, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on …
Read moreThe Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in California's 10th Congressional District vacated by Representative Ellen O. Tauscher will be held on September 1, 2009. Under California …
Read moreOn July 28, 2009, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request from Romney for President, Inc. concerning a presidential primary candidate who did not receive matching funds and who refunded …
Read moreAs the Commission considers recommendations to improve its website and Internet communications (see page 1), the agency has added an E-Learning section to its Educational Outreach web page and has …
Read moreA Senator's principal campaign committee may use campaign funds to pay legal fees relating to ethics complaints, a possible FBI investigation and lawsuits implicating the Senator, but not for allegations …
Read moreA federal officeholder may use campaign funds to pay legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with a federal investigation of allegedly improper campaign contributions and legislative appropriations because the …
Read moreA limited liability company (LLC) partially owned by a member of Congress may provide free or discounted use of its recreational boat to the member’s campaign as an in-kind contribution, …
Read moreThe Commission has established a pilot program allowing persons requesting advisory opinions, or their counsel, to answer questions at an open meeting of the Commission where the draft advisory opinion …
Read moreThe Commission is instituting a pilot program that provides political committees that are audited pursuant to the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) with the opportunity to have a hearing …
Read moreOn July 1, 2009, the Commission published final rules that apply cost-of-living adjustments to certain civil monetary penalties under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), the Presidential Election Campaign Fund …
Read moreOn July 29, 2009, the Commission held a public hearing to hear testimony on ways the Commission can improve both its website and the ways in which the FEC uses …
Read moreThe Commission has added an E-Learning section to its Educational Outreach web page and has also launched its own YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/FECTube. The E-Learning page offers interactive presentations that …
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