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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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On October 6, 2020, the Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). The plaintiff seeks …
Read moreOn November 18, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down their campaigns and file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Reports, due December 3.
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Read moreAdvisory 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.
On September 4, 2020, Shaun McCutcheon and McCutcheon for Freedom (plaintiffs) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). The …
Read moreCommittees must file the following reports in October:
On September 4th, 2020, the Commission closed the file on an advisory opinion request (AOR) submitted on July 8th, 2020 by Joan E. Farr, and Joan Farr for U.S. Senate, …
Read moreOn August 19, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Utah entered a consent judgment finding that defendant Jeremy Johnson knowingly and willfully violated the Federal Election …
Read moreAdvisory 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.
On August 13, 2020, The Patriots Foundation (“plaintiff”) filed suit against the FEC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Commission failed to act …
Read moreOn August 21, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a district court decision that the Commission’s independent expenditure disclosure rule at 11 CFR …
Read moreThe Commission will offer a series of webinars in September to help committees prepare to file their October quarterly or monthly disclosure reports. Candidate Reporting and FECFile workshops will …
Read moreOn August 10, 2020, the Commission closed the file on an advisory opinion request (AOR) submitted on June 9, 2020 by Shaun McCutcheon, a former candidate for the Libertarian National …
Read moreThe FEC’s September 2 Webinar on Independent Expenditures & Pre-Election Communications is nearly sold out. As a result, the Commission will offer another two-hour webinar session on the preceding day, …
Read moreThe Commission has published its updated civil penalty amounts for 2020, pursuant to a federal law that requires federal agencies to adjust civil penalties for inflation each year. The updated …
Read moreGeorgia has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 5th congressional district of the late Representative John Lewis. The Special General Election will be …
Read moreAdvisory 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.
On June 30, 2020, the Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). The plaintiff seeks …
Read morePolitical committees, individuals and organizations have spent nearly $318 million on independent expenditures so far this election cycle, and that amount is likely to increase significantly over the …
Read moreThe FEC often receives questions from individuals regarding contributions to federal candidates (and other political committees). While this article responds to some of the most common questions, it does …
Read moreNORPAC, a nonconnected committee that solicits, processes, and forwards contributions to candidate committees may deduct and retain a flat-rate, fixed percentage fee (“convenience fee”) from the earmarked contributions it forwards. …
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