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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 September 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the FEC’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Combat Veterans for Congress PAC v. FEC.
… Read moreRequests for Commission consideration of legal questions that arise during the compliance process now may be submitted electronically. This change, announced in the Federal Register on October 23, 2013, does …
Read moreThe Commission will hold a seminar for nonconnected political action committees (PACs), including Super PACs, Hybrid PACs and Leadership PACs, at its Washington, DC, headquarters on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. …
Read moreThe FEC’s Draft Strategic Plan, FY 2014-2019, is now available for public comment on the FEC website at http://www.fec.gov/pages/budget/budget.shtml. The strategic objectives and activities identified in this draft plan …
Read moreThe Service Employees International Union Committee (SEIU) and its separate segregated fund, the SEIU Committee on Political Education (SEIU COPE), may use recorded telephone conversations to obtain and maintain restricted …
Read moreAs an association of state candidates, the Democratic Governors Association (“Association”) must use federal funds to finance its voter registration, get out the vote, voter identification, and generic campaign activities …
Read moreOn September 12, 2013, the Commission considered an Advisory Opinion Request (AOR) from Congressional candidate Martin Long regarding the use of campaign funds to produce and distribute campaign materials that …
Read moreOn October 19, 2013, Louisiana will hold a Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Representative Rodney Alexander in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District. [FN1] If …
Read moreOn August 20, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky dismissed Conway for Senate’s challenge to the Commission’s assessment of a $4,950 civil monetary penalty for …
Read moreOn September 25, 2013, the Commission will offer a webinar for new candidates and their committees. “Candidate 101: Preparing for the Next Election Cycle” provides an introduction to the …
Read moreThe American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) may solicit members of the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) to make contributions to its separate segregated fund, the American Veterinary Medical Association …
Read moreA political committee may not make contributions to a candidate in excess of $2,600 per election until it meets all three criteria for multicandidate status.
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Read moreThe Special Election to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Congressman Jo Bonner in the First Congressional district of Alabama will be held on December 17, 2013. The …
Read moreFederal Elections 2012: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, compiled by the Commission’s Public Disclosure Division, is now available on …
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The Commission will hold a regional conference in San Francisco, California, on October 23-24, 2013. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance …
A retiring officeholder may use campaign funds to pay costs associated with the temporary storage of officeholder and campaign materials. These costs are ordinary and necessary expenses of a federal …
Read moreMassachusetts will hold Special Primary and General elections to fill the 5th Congressional district House seat vacated by Senator Edward Markey. The Special Primary will be held on October 15, …
Read moreThe Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) may follow the same FEC regulations for legally married same-sex couples as it follows for spouses in an opposite-sex marriage. Specifically, the Commission concluded …
Read moreA federal candidate’s campaign committee may attribute joint contributions to each spouse in a legally married same-sex couple, even if only one spouse has income.
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Read moreOn June 28, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed Peter J. Vroom’s amended complaint, concluding that he lacked standing to challenge the Commission’s dismissal …
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