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WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved a Notice of Availability seeking comment on whether to initiate a rulemaking in response to a petition regarding …

On April 9, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the Court) affirmed the district court’s decision granting summary judgment in a suit filed …

On Wednesday, May 26, Commission staff will conduct a day of online training for political party committees. Beginners are encouraged to attend both the morning presentation on the basics of …

The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for political party committees on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. FEC staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws …

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WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday issued an Opinion and Per Curiam Judgment in CREW, et al. v FEC (Case …

Staff in the Reports Analysis Division and Electronic Filing Office will be available until 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, April 15 to answer candidate committees’ questions regarding the content …

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion. The Commission did not approve proposed modifications to an existing program for requesting consideration of …

Campaign funds may be used to pay for bona fide, legitimate, professional security personnel to protect the Members of Congress who comprise the NRSC and NRCC from threats arising from …

Candidate committees have an April Quarterly Report due Thursday, April 15. This report covers activity through March 31, 2021. New committees must include all activity that occurred before registration, including …

Presidential candidates raised and spent $4.1 billion in the 24 months of the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity …

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.

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New Mexico has scheduled a special election to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 1st Congressional District vacated by Representative Debra A. Haaland. The Special General Election …

Ohio has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 11th Congressional District vacated by Representative Marcia L. Fudge. The Special Primary Election will be …

On March 17, 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Commission’s motion for summary judgment in Public Citizen v. FEC. The court held …

On March 25, 2021, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request (AOR) from Aluminate, Inc. (Aluminate). The request asked if Aluminate could use individual contributors’ data obtained from Commission reports …