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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.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Access Record articles from 1975 through 2004 on the Record archive page. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
On January 30, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington …
Read moreThe Commission has published its updated civil penalty amounts for 2017, pursuant to a federal law that requires federal agencies to adjust civil penalties for inflation each year, beginning in …
Read moreVice President Mike Pence’s previous campaign committee for Indiana governor may spend its remaining nonfederal funds for several types of expenses related to winding down its state campaign activities and …
Read moreAdvisory Opinion Requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
Read moreThe Green Party of Florida qualifies as a state committee of a political party under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act).
Under the Act and Commission regulations, a …
Read moreOn January 19, 2017, the Federal Election Commission voted to appoint Kathleen M. Guith as Associate General Counsel for Enforcement.
Ms. Guith joined the Commission as a staff attorney in …
Read moreGreat America PAC, a nonconnected hybrid political action committee, plans to hire phone bank personnel who may previously have been employed by a candidate or party committee. The Commission concluded …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $134,900 in federal matching funds to Jill Stein for President in connection with the 2016 presidential primary election. The certified amount …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for corporations and their political action committees (PACs) on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the …
Read moreAdvisory Opinion Requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
Read moreOn December 22, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss in the matter of McChesney v. FEC. Bart McLeay …
Read moreThis article on filing requirements for 2017 is supplemented by the reporting tables linked at https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/dates-and-deadlines/.
All committees must file a 2016 Year-End …
Read moreThe Commission has published in the Federal Register a series of technical changes to various sections of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 81 Fed. Reg. 94238 …
Read moreThis article discusses the use of campaign funds for transition expenses by newly-elected U.S. Representatives and Senators and by members of Congress leaving office due to retirement, election loss or …
Read moreThe Commission will offer its annual Year-End Reporting and FECFile workshops in January 2017. The webinars for PACs and party committees will be held on January 18, while the webinars …
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At its open meeting of December 8, 2016, the Federal Election Commission elected Steven T. Walther as Chairman and Caroline C. Hunter as Vice Chair for 2017. Mr. Walther has …
The Independence Party of Minnesota (IPM) qualifies as a state committee of a political party under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act).
Under the Act and Commission …
Read moreThe Libertarian Parties of Georgia and Tennessee (the Committees) both qualify as state party committees under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act).
Under the Act …
Read moreAt its open meeting of December 1, 2016, the Commission unanimously approved 13 legislative recommendations to send to Congress for consideration.
The legislative recommendations approved by the Commission are:
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On December 1, 2016, the Commission voted to amend Directive 52 regarding Commission voting procedures in light of the D. C. Circuit court opinion in Combat Veterans for Congress PAC …
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