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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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At last month's conference for trade associations, many questions were asked about the process for soliciting employees of corporate members of a trade association. It’s a two-step process: First, the …
Read morePlans are underway for the FEC to bring its state outreach program to three cities this summer: Tallahassee, FL (June 24-25), Columbus, OH (July 28-29) and Kansas City, MO (Date …
Read moreMonthly filing committees are reminded that they have a regular report due May 20, covering the month of April. Some committees may also have to file lobbyist bundling reports …
Read moreOn May 20, 2009, certain monthly filing leadership PACs, Presidential campaigns and political party committees must file FEC Form 3L for the first time. Under the new lobbyist bundling disclosure …
Read moreStarting with the July 2009 issue, the FEC will no longer print and mail copies of its monthly newsletter, the Record, and will instead distribute it electronically. The Record …
Read moreThe Commission will hold its annual conference in Washington, DC, on May 21-22, 2009, for trade associations, membership organizations, labor organizations and their political committees. Commissioners and staff will conduct …
Read moreOn April 21, 2009, the Commission considered, but did not approve, an advisory opinion request from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., proposing to increase to up to a two-to-one ratio the amount …
Read moreA national party committee may establish a recount fund subject to the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (the Act) amount limits, source prohibitions and reporting requirements to pay expenses incurred …
Read moreThe True Patriot Network, LLC (TPN), a single natural person member limited liability company (LLC), may make independent expenditures subject to the limitations and disclosure requirements that apply to individuals.
The 2009 edition of the Combined Federal/State Disclosure and Election Directory is now available on the Commission’s web site (www.fec.gov). This directory identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for …
Read moreBeginning in July 2009, the FEC will no longer print and mail copies of its monthly newsletter, the Record, and will instead distribute it electronically. The Record will continue …
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