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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.
For 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 moreThis issue of the Record and all other issues of the Record starting with January 1996 are available on the FEC web site as PDF files. Visit the FEC web …
Read moreA proposed affinity program involving payments to political party committees for the provision of prescription drug discount cards to their supporters (or other interested persons) would result in prohibited corporate …
Read moreExpenses incurred by a Senator's co-author while preparing a manuscript of a book the two are writing may be paid for with funds from the Senator’s leadership PAC. The Senator's …
Read moreOn December 18, 2008, the Commission approved final rules that remove regulations on increased contribution limits and coordinated party expenditure limits for Senate and House of Representative candidates facing self-financed …
Read moreOn December 4, 2008, Louisiana Congressional candidate Anh "Joseph" Cao, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Louisiana (LA-GOP, formerly "RPL") (collectively the Plaintiffs) filed an amended …
Read moreThe FEC has reopened the comment period for a Notice of public hearing on the policies and procedures of the Commission until February 18, 2009. The Notice of public hearing …
Read moreThis will be a busy year for the Agency, and January was no exception.
The focus of much of our time and attention, on the part of the Commissioners, was, …
Read moreAll committees are reminded that the Year-End report is due Saturday, January 31, covering from the date your last report left off through December 31. Please note that the …
Read moreCertain contribution limits are indexed for inflation each election cycle. The adjusted limits for the 2009-10 cycle are now available at https://transition.fec.gov/info/contriblimits0910.pdf.
Read moreLooking to keep your resolution to get training on the federal campaign finance law? Make plans now to attend an FEC conference this year. Registration has begun for the FEC's …
Read moreCertain contribution limits are indexed for inflation each election cycle. The Commission expects to receive by the end of January the cost of living data necessary to adjust the limits …
Read moreThe Commission has posted on its web site the 2009 reporting schedules for candidates, parties and PACs. Grab your new calendar and make a note of the due dates!
Read moreThe Commission will hold its annual conference in Washington, DC, on March 3-4, 2009, for House and Senate campaigns and political party committees. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety …
Read moreThe Commission unanimously elected Steven T. Walther as Chairman and Matthew S. Petersen as Vice Chairman for 2009 in an open session on Thursday, December 18, 2008. Mr. Walther and …
Read moreThe 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 number …
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