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. Quarterly filers have a report due Tuesday, July 15, 2008, and monthly filers have a report due on Sunday, July 20. Please note that the Commission does …

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) will hold an open meeting on Thursday July 10, 2008. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at the Commission’s offices at 999 E …

The following principal campaign committees failed to file required 12 Day Pre-Primary reports:

• Swanson for U.S. Senate Committee (AL);
• Pat Meagher for Congress (CA/41); and
• McMurry for Congress (CA/12).

The …

The 2008 Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates and Committees is now available on the Commission web site at https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/guides. Paper copies will be available by August 2008.

For each …

From January 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008, receipts of the national committees of the Democratic party increased significantly while receipts of Republican national committees declined over the same period, …

The Commission has updated its electronic filing format to Version 6.2. New versions of FECFile are always available on the FEC website at https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/filing-reports/fecfile-software/. The new format reflects the …

The following reports are due in July:

• All principal campaign committees of House and Senate candidates must file a quarterly report by July 15.(1) The report covers financial activity from …

On June 13, 2008, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's judgment in …

It's Summer, so staff may be out of the office on vacation. In addition, the Commission will be closed Friday, July 4. Be sure to plan for these days off …

Committees filing on a monthly schedule must file disclosure reports covering the month of May by Friday, June 20. For additional information, please visit our Reporting Dates page at https://transitionw.fec.gov/info/report_dates.shtml#monthly …

As the "collecting agent," an entity associated with a separate segregated fund, such as the fund's connected organization or the organization's state PAC, may collect and transmit federal PAC contributions. …

The term "Collecting Agent" is one that corporate/labor/trade PACs need to know. Collecting agent is the term used in FEC regulations at 102.6(b) and (c) to refer to the PAC's …

The Commission will hold a conference for trade associations, membership organizations and labor organizations on June 23-24, 2008, at the Embassy Suites Convention Center hotel in Washington, DC. At the …

Use FEC Faxline to obtain FEC material fast. It operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Hundreds of FEC documents—reporting forms, brochures, FEC regulations—can be faxed almost immediately.

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The Commission has introduced a new and improved version of its Presidential Campaign Finance map on the FEC web site (http://www.fec.gov). The map now includes detailed information on …