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The 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, …
Read moreActBlue, a registered nonconnected committee, may not independently solicit contributions from the general public on behalf of separate segregated funds (SSFs). However, ActBlue may work directly with SSFs to solicit …
Read moreThe Commission released for public comment, but did not approve, two alternative draft advisory opinions concerning whether a law firm organized as a limited liability partnership and taxed as a …
Read moreLouisiana will hold Special Elections on the same days to fill vacancies in the Louisiana U.S. House seats in the 1st and 6th Congressional districts vacated by Representatives Bobby Jindal …
Read moreIndiana will hold a Special Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District formerly held by the late Representative Julia Carson. The Special General Election will …
Read moreThe Commission requests comment on new and revised systems of records maintained by the FEC. The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, regulates the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of …
Read moreThe FEC has recently fined 185 political committees a total of $234,405 in civil penalties for filing late campaign finance reports or failing to file at all. Since the Administrative …
Read moreThe Commission has certified that 2008 Presidential candidates Dennis J. Kucinich and Duncan Hunter are eligible to receive Presidential primary matching funds. 26 U.S.C. §§9033(a) and (b); 11 CFR 9033.1 …
Read moreOn December 20, 2007, the Commission certified $19,287,504.65 in federal matching funds to seven Presidential candidates for the 2008 election.(1) At this time, however, the Presidential Public Funding program lacks …
Read moreJohn Reeves Raese, a Senate candidate from West Virginia in 2006, and his campaign committee, Raese for Senate Committee, have agreed to pay a $74,500 civil penalty for failing to …
Read moreOn December 13, 2007, Citizens United, a nonprofit membership corporation, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the constitutionality of the statutory provisions …
Read more. All committees are reminded that the Year-End Report is due this Thursday, January 31st. Important: If your committee files electronically, the report must be filed using thenew …
Read moreIt's cold outside, but you can get yourself warmed up for the election year by attending an FEC conference. Registration is now ongoing for our February Orlando conference for campaigns, …
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