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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 chart of the coordinated party expenditure limits for the 2008 General Election Senate nominees on page 7 of the March Record contains an inaccurate footnote. The footnote should read: …
Read moreThe Ortiz for Congress Committee (TX/27) failed to file the required 12-Day Pre-Primary Report for the March 4 Texas Primary. The report was due on February 21, 2008. The Commission …
Read moreThe Commission has recently fined 23 political committees a total of $29,471 in civil penalties for filing late campaign finance reports or failing to file at all. Since the Administrative …
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 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 moreContributions to the Democratic party committees on the national, state and local level increased significantly in 2007-2008 compared to earlier election cycles, while Republican party receipts declined over the same …
Read moreOn February 14, 2008, SpeechNow.org (SpeechNow), a group formed to make independent expenditures, and several individual plaintiffs filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia …
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 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 moreThe Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District formerly held by Senator Roger Wicker will be April 22, 2008. Under Mississippi law, a …
Read moreOn February 28, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida dismissed the amended counterclaim filed by the Reform Party of the United States of America (the …
Read moreThe following reports are due in April:
Incumbents are reminded that they must file a new Statement of Candidacy (FEC Form 2) (Form 2 Instructions) each election cycle. The Statement of Candidacy is due within …
Read more. Unopposed and independent candidates are still entitled to a separate contribution limit for the primary (or convention, if in a state that is holding one to nominate candidates for …
Read moreCommittees filing on a monthly schedule must file disclosure reports covering the month of February by Thursday, March 20. For additional information, please visit our Reporting Dates page at https://transition.fec.gov/info/report_dates.shtml#monthly …
Read moreThis is the third of our monthly tips on proper reporting of debts owed by committees. In the middle of primary season, campaigns are reminded that they may only accept …
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