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WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion and voted on, but did not approve, another response to an advisory opinion request by …

Pursuant to provisions of law recently invalidated by the Supreme Court, an authorized committee may reinstate and repay candidate loans that it previously converted to candidate contributions. The committee …

A separate segregated fund’s (SSF) sponsoring connected organization may use a payroll deduction system to collect and forward contributions from members of its restricted class. SSFs report receiving individual contributions …

On September 8, 2022, the Commission published a Request for Additional Comment in the Federal Register at 87 Fed. Reg. 54915 that seeks additional public comment on previously proposed rules …

Pursuant to the Supreme Court's decision in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate, the Commission is removing regulatory restrictions on authorized committees' repayment of candidate personal loans.

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Congressional candidates collected $2.4 billion and disbursed $1.8 billion, political parties received $ 1.4 billion and spent $ 1.1 billion, and political action committees (PACs) raised $5.5 billion and spent …

Under the circumstances presented, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic National Committee (the committees) may retain and use contributions that their vendor failed to deposit within 10 days of …

The electioneering communications period for the general election begins Friday, September 9 and runs through November 8. Any person who makes electioneering communications that aggregate more than $10,000 for the …

State party committees and their chairs may solicit and direct nonfederal funds to a hybrid PAC’s non-contribution account because it is a “political committee” under the Federal …

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved three advisory opinions, an interim final rule and a Federal Register notice requesting public comment on a rulemaking.

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To help individuals, organizations and political committees understand and comply with federal campaign finance rules, the Commission will host a series of educational webinars in September and October. On Wednesday, …

A leadership PAC that had been its sponsor’s 2020 Senate campaign committee and has not raised any funds outside the limits applicable to authorized committees may convert to an authorized …

The Commission occasionally receives calls from campaigns and other groups that have chosen to register with the FEC as political committees before they were technically required to under the campaign …

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission cited 11 campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …

Indiana has scheduled a special election to fill the U.S. House seat in the 2nd Congressional District held by the late Representative Jackie Walorski. The Special General Election will be …

The Commission will host a series of webinars to help committees prepare to file their disclosure reports due in October. The webinars for PACs and party committees will be offered …