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A principal campaign committee may use campaign funds to pay a campaign consultant’s legal fees and expenses described in the advisory opinion request because the payment is for a lawful …
Read moreA legal defense fund may be established to pay the costs incurred by a Congressional campaign committee in defending against a copyright infringement and misappropriation lawsuit. The monies received …
Read moreThe principal campaign committee for a presidential ticket may transfer general election funds to retire debts from the vice presidential nominee’s presidential primary campaign.
Former Senator Joseph Biden was …
Read moreThe Connecticut Working Families Party (CT WFP) [FN1] satisfies the requirements for state party committee status under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), even though it is not affiliated …
Read moreThe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) may use its recount funds before the general election to pay expenses incurred preparing for possible general election recounts. Additionally, the DSCC may allocate …
Read moreOn August 26, 2010, the Commission approved final rules and Explanation and Justification regarding coordinated communications. These rules comply with the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
Read moreFive managers working at Wawa Inc.’s (Wawa) corporate headquarters may be considered members of Wawa’s “executive or administrative personnel,” even though two of them directly supervise only hourly employees, and …
Read moreA communications consulting company established as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) may serve as a commercial vendor to a single member, natural-person LLC that makes independent expenditures concerning federal elections …
Read moreGiven the requestor’s representation that they are not “political committees” under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) or Commission regulations, FEC allocation rules do not apply to …
Read moreThe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), a national committee of a political party, may file Lobbyist Bundling Reports on a quarterly basis instead of monthly. The applicable covered periods …
Read moreThe Commission reached settlement agreements totaling $285,000 in civil penalties with Rev. Alfred C. Sharpton, Sharpton 2004 and the committee’s treasurer, Andrew Rivera; and National Action Network, Inc., a non-profit …
Read moreNew disclosure regulations for contributions bundled by lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs take effect later this spring. Lobbyist/registrant PACs and leadership PACs will be among the first committees affected. Beginning March …
Read moreOn Thursday, October 16, 2008, President Bush signed H.R. 6296 into law, extending the Commission's Administrative Fine Program for late- and non-filed reports for an additional five years. Under the …
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