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Advisory 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.

• AOR 2025-01
  Contributions …

On February 18, 2025, Tony McDonald (plaintiff) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division (the court). Plaintiff …

The Commission will offer a two-hour online training session to help campaign committees that use FECFile prepare to file their disclosure reports. The webinar, to be held on Wednesday, April …

The Commission will hold an in-depth, online training event for membership and labor organizations and their political action committees (PACs) on Tuesday, March 25 and Wednesday, March 26. This live, …

Advisory 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.

• AOR 2025-01
  Contributions …

Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, which …

The 2025 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.

• For Senate nominees, the 2025 limits range from $127,200 to $3,946,100, depending on each state's voting age population (VAP).
• For House …

The Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require certain political committees to disclose information about lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs whose bundled contributions within a covered period exceed a specified …

The Commission will hold an in-depth, online training event for corporations and their political action committees (PACs) on Tuesday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 12. This live, interactive webinar is …

On December 12, 2024, the Commission approved a Statement of Policy providing that, if the Commission receives a remand in litigation instituted pursuant to 52 U.S.C. § 30109(a)(8), it will …

The Commission has published its updated civil penalty amounts for 2025, pursuant to a federal law that requires federal agencies to adjust civil penalties for inflation each year. The updated …

This article describes the filing requirements for 2025. Additional information is available on the FEC's Dates and deadlines web page.

Year-End reports covering 2024 activity

All committees must file …

On December 16, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered a Consent Judgment against Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union No. 9 (Union) and Plumbers and Pipefitters …

On December 19, 2024, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register that seeks public comment on proposed regulations that would establish procedures for contributors …

At its open meeting on December 12, 2024, the Commission unanimously approved 17 legislative recommendations to send to Congress for consideration. The recommendations transmitted to Congress are available on the …

The Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts (ULM) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act.

Background

The determination of a state party organization’s status as the state …

Updated 12/11/2024 to reflect the fact that Special Primary Elections will be held in both the 1st and 6th districts.

Florida has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House …

The Commission will offer its annual Year-End Reporting and FECFile workshops in January 2025. The webinars for political action committees (PACs) and party committees will be held on January 15, …

On November 13, 2024, the Commission voted to eliminate the requirement that the principal campaign committee of a candidate with multiple authorized committees report consolidated information on Form 3Z.

When …

On November 26, 2024, the Commission published a notification of availability in the Federal Register at 89 Fed. Reg. 93224 that seeks public comment on a petition for rulemaking submitted …