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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.
The Commission will hold its annual conference in Washington, DC, on April 2-3, 2009, for corporations and their PACs. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on …
Read moreThe FEC continues to update and expand its Enforcement Query System (EQS), a web-based search tool that allows users to find and examine public documents regarding closed Commission enforcement matters. …
Read moreIn an effort to provide more information to the regulated community and the public, the Commission is making its open meetings and public hearings available as audio recordings through the …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission now accepts American Express, Diners Club and Discover Cards in addition to Visa and MasterCard. While most FEC materials are available free of charge, some campaign …
Read moreThe FEC is charged with administering the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) and undertakes a number of efforts to provide disclosure of campaign finance activity, encourage voluntary compliance with …
Read moreNew York will hold a Special Election to fill the U.S. House seat in New York’s 20th Congressional District vacated by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. The Special General election will be …
Read moreUnder the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, …
Read moreThe 2009 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.
The limits are:
The FEC has an Advisory Opinion Search System available on its web site at www.fec.gov. This search function allows users to search for advisory opinions (AOs) by the AO …
Read moreA Senator’s authorized committee may use money raised for the 2008 general election to repay loans made by the Senator to the committee (personal loans) of up to $250,000 for …
Read moreThe National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (NRLC) may reimburse its separate segregated fund for expenses the separate segregated fund incurred in broadcasting a radio advertisement. NRLC’s separate segregated fund …
Read moreFor each type of committee, a Campaign Guide explains, in clear English, the complex regulations regarding the activity of political committees. It shows readers, for example, how to fill out …
Read moreOn December 18, 2008, the Commission approved final rules regarding disclosure of contributions bundled by lobbyists/registrants and their political action committees (PACs). These rules implement Section 204 of the Honest …
Read moreThe Commissioners have filled long-awaited hires for two staff positions that report directly to the Commissioners, namely the Staff Director, which is a statutory position, and the …
Read moreThe March 30 deadline listed in the Commission's February 17 Federal Register Notice for lobbyist/registrant PACs to amend their FEC Form 1 (Statement of Organization) is incorrect. As noted in …
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