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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.
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DataVault Holdings, Inc. (DataVault) may create and sell nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to political committees for use in fundraising in the ordinary course of its business, at the usual and normal …
Read moreDataVault Holdings, Inc. (DataVault) may license its technology to political committees in the ordinary course of its business, for the usual and normal charge, and on the same terms and …
Read moreOn December 1, 2022, the Commission approved a final rule and explanation and justification revising the definition of “public communication” and the requirements concerning disclaimers on certain public communications placed …
Read moreAround this time of year, many look to give back through charitable donations.
Campaign committees can give gifts to a charitable organization (defined in 26 U.S.C. § 170(c) of the …
Read moreAt its open meeting on December 15, 2022, the Commission unanimously approved 15 legislative recommendations to send to Congress for consideration. The recommendations transmitted to Congress are available on the …
Read moreWASHINGTON—At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission elected Dara Lindenbaum as Chair and Sean J. Cooksey as Vice Chairman for 2023.
Vice Chair Lindenbaum was nominated by President …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission elected Dara Lindenbaum to serve as Chair and Sean J. Cooksey to serve as Vice Chairman for 2023. The …
Read moreA proposed irrevocable trust to be established by Allen Blue may make contributions to federal candidates and political committees under the indexed contribution limits in effect at the time that …
Read moreOn December 8, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed without prejudice the Campaign Legal Center’s challenge to the Commission’s dismissal of their administrative complaint …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday issued a per curiam order in CREW, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 19-5161), …
Read moreThe Commission will offer its annual Year-End Reporting and FECFile workshops in January 2023. The webinars for political action committees (PACs) and party committees will be held on Tuesday, January …
Read moreOn December 12, 2022, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks public comment on proposed changes to regulations regarding candidate compensation paid by principal campaign committees.
WASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday issued opinions in two cases brought by the Campaign Legal Center against the Commission.
The court …
Read moreOn December 9, 2022, the Commission published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register at 87 Fed. Reg. 75518 that seeks additional public comment on previously proposed …
Read moreThe same disclaimer rules that apply to political committees’ election-related mailings may also apply to holiday greetings. Any public communication made by a political committee — including communications that do …
Read moreOn October 27, 2022, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW or plaintiff) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s dismissal …
Read moreAdvisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.