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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 following principal campaign committees failed to file required 12 Day Pre-Primary reports:
The 12 …
Read moreDuring the last six months of 2007, the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program resolved and made public 44 campaign finance enforcement matters.
Nineteen of the matters resulted in civil penalties …
Read moreOn December 20, 2007, the Commission amended its written rules for conducting its meetings to provide for circumstances when the Commission has fewer than four members. The Commission published the …
Read moreOn January 24, 2008, the Commission elected Ellen Weintraub as Vice Chair for 2008. Vice Chair Weintraub was appointed to the Commission on December 6, 2002, renominated on January 9, …
Read moreThe Commission has entered into a conciliation agreement with Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY/6) and his campaign committee, Meeks for Congress (Committee), in which the Committee agreed to pay a …
Read moreIn recent weeks, the Commission has received a number of questions concerning the application of campaign finance laws to national convention delegates and individuals seeking selection as a delegate. The …
Read moreThe limits available for national and state party committees to spend in connection with the general election campaigns of candidates for federal office have been updated and are now available …
Read moreSome Congressional and Senatorial campaigns, and the PACs and party committees that support or oppose them, have filings due soon: (1) Quarterly Filers and Pre-Primary Reporting - If you are …
Read moreThis is the second in a series of monthly tips on how to properly report debts owed by your committee. Last month we discussed how and when to first itemize …
Read moreThere are special elections coming up in Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and Mississippi in the next few weeks, and with them, special election FEC reports. Links to all reporting schedules for …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a conference in Washington, DC, on March 11-12, 2008, for corporations and their PACs. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on federal …
Read moreA federal candidate's appearance on a billboard endorsing a nonfederal candidate is not a coordinated communication and may be paid for with nonfederal funds.
Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., represents …
Read moreContributions forwarded by a nonconnected committee to the authorized committee of a Presidential candidate in the form of the nonconnected committee's checks are not matchable under the Presidential Primary Matching …
Read moreRepresentatives Kevin McCarthy and Devin Nunes may, in addition to soliciting funds that are from federally permissible sources and do not exceed the contribution limits for individuals and political committees, …
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