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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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A 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.
WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved a Final Rule and Explanation and Justification revising its disclaimer requirements for certain public communications placed for a …
Read moreOn October 28, 2022, Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (plaintiffs) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) to challenge the FEC's …
Read moreAll PACs, party committees and 2022 general election candidates must file a Post-General Report (30G) by Thursday, December 8. This report covers activity from October 20 (or from the …
Read moreIf a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after an election is over, it may raise contributions to retire the debt provided that:
On November 4, 2022, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), James David Vance, and Steven Joseph Chabot (collectively plaintiffs), filed suit against the Commission in …
Read moreNovember 9, 2022, marked the beginning of a new election cycle. For reporting purposes, campaigns aggregate receipts and disbursements on an election cycle basis. As a result, all 2022 …
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