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Congressional candidates running in the 2013-2014 election cycle received $610.5 million and disbursed $320.7 million in 2013, according to an analysis by the Federal Election Commission. 

The 150 candidates running …

The following reports are due in July:

• All principal campaign committees of House and Senate candidates must file a quarterly report by July 15, 2014. The report covers …

On June 6, 2014, the Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee for failing to file its 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, …

On June 3, 2014, the Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Convention Election Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of …

On May 30, 2014, the Federal Election Commission cited five campaign committees for failing to file their 12-Day Pre-Primary Election Reports required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, …

On May 27, 2014, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted the FEC’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed Garcia for Congress’s challenge to an administrative …

On May 23, 2014, a group of Republican party committees and committee chairmen filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the constitutionality of …

On May 21, 2014, Chris Rufer, along with one state committee and one national committee of the Libertarian Party, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of …

On May 19, 2014, the Supreme Court declined to hear Free Speech’s constitutional challenge to the FEC’s process for determining whether an organization qualifies as a "political committee." The Court’s …

The Commission has launched FECConnect, a new online training service that enables political committees and other groups to schedule live, interactive online training sessions with FEC staff. The service …

The Federal Election Commission cited 10 campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Election report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the …

On May 13, 2014, the Federal Election Commission cited a campaign committee for failing to file its 12-Day Pre-Convention election report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, …

A nonconnected political committee may accept contributions in the form of bitcoin digital currency. It may also purchase bitcoins as an investment, but must sell the purchased bitcoins and deposit …

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

The Commission will offer July Quarterly/Monthly Reporting and FECFile webinars next month. The workshops for candidates will be held on Thursday, June 19, and the PAC and party committee …

On remand from the Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia aligned its judgment in James v. FEC with the high court’s opinion in McCutcheon, …

On May 2, 2014, the Federal Election Commission cited two campaign committees for failing to file their 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as …

On April 30, 2014, the Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee for failing to file the April Quarterly Financial Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, …

A federal candidate may spend unlimited campaign funds on advertisements that promote both his own candidacy and the election of candidates for state and local office.

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Edward Lindsey, …

The Commission has upgraded the search engine on FEC.gov to provide a single point of access to information from across the entire website. The new, more robust search system can …