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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.
In the run-up to a general election, federal candidate committees frequently receive earmarked contributions, which come with specific reporting requirements.
An earmarked contribution is a contribution that a contributor directs …
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.
The Commission frequently receives questions about the basic rules governing individual contributions to federal candidates and other political committees, including:
On September 4, 2020, Shaun McCutcheon and McCutcheon for Freedom (plaintiffs) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). The …
Read moreAre you ready for the October filing frenzy? All committees must file an October monthly or quarterly report, and many will file pre-election reports and other last-minute disclosures. To help …
Read morePresidential candidates raised nearly $2.8 billion and spent over $2.5 billion in the first 18 months of the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal …
Read moreCommittees must file the following reports in October:
Did you know that a campaign committee may be able to accept additional contributions after an election to retire campaign debt?
If a campaign committee has net debts outstanding after …
Read moreOn September 4th, 2020, the Commission closed the file on an advisory opinion request (AOR) submitted on July 8th, 2020 by Joan E. Farr, and Joan Farr for U.S. Senate, …
Read moreParty committees conducting get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activity now should be aware that such activity is considered to be federal election activity (FEA) under the Act. As such, it must be paid …
Read moreOn August 19, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Utah entered a consent judgment finding that defendant Jeremy Johnson knowingly and willfully violated the Federal Election …
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.
On August 13, 2020, The Patriots Foundation (“plaintiff”) filed suit against the FEC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Commission failed to act …
Read moreThe electioneering communications period for the general election begins on Friday, September 4 and runs through November 3. Any person who makes electioneering communications that aggregate more than $10,000 during …
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