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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.
A corporation may establish a program in which it will transmit contributions from its customers to political committees when directed to do so by its customers. The corporation may also …
Read moreOn January 11, 2012, the Commission will host roundtable workshops on reporting and electronic filing to help committees prepare for the 2011 Year-End Report. The reporting sessions will address common …
Read moreThe Democratic and Republican convention committees will each receive $17,689,800 from the U.S. Treasury for planning and conducting their respective 2012 presidential nominating conventions. The Commission certified that the parties’ …
Read moreOn October 20, 2011, the Commission, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), approved new rules revising the Commission’s “Standards of Conduct” – FEC regulations that govern …
Read moreJoint fundraising is fundraising conducted jointly by a political committee and one or more other political committees or unregistered organizations. Joint fundraising rules apply to:
A new edition of the Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates and Committees is now available both in hard copy and on the FEC website at https://transition.fec.gov/info/publications.shtml#guides.
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Read moreOn October 13, 2011, Western Representation PAC withdrew its request for an advisory opinion regarding reporting obligations for independent expenditures made via email during the 2012 presidential election.
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Read moreThe Reports Analysis Division (RAD) will fully implement a process change to send Requests for Additional Information (RFAIs) via email on October 28, 2011. RFAIs are sent when an apparent …
Read moreOn October 4, 2011, the Commission approved an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning disclaimers on certain Internet communications. The Commission requests comments from the public, by November 14, …
Read moreThe Commission has approved a new agency procedure to formalize certain agency practices in the enforcement process. See 2 U.S.C. § 437g(a); 11 CFR 111.16.
Under the Federal Election …
Read moreOn October 4, 2011, the Commission published in the Federal Register an Interpretive Rule addressing when independent expenditure communications taking the form of mini-billboards, yard signs, handbills, hats, buttons and …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission today announced that, consistent with its agreement to a stipulated order and consent judgment dated August …
Read moreAn SSF may make communications to the general public that ask individuals to contribute directly to particular federal candidates.
Utah Bankers Association (UBA) is an incorporated …
Read moreOn September 22, 2011, the Commission considered, but was unable to approve a response by the required four votes, an advisory opinion request from Dimension4, Inc. PAC regarding whether a …
Read moreA new version of the electronic filing specifications (v.8) was implemented today (September 26, 2011). As of September 26, reports filed electronically must be formatted in Version 8 in order …
Read moreOn November 16, the Commission will host a one-day seminar for nonconnected political committees at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The seminar is recommended for:
A new edition of the Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates and Committees is now available on the FEC website at http://www.fec.gov/info/publications.shtml#guides
The Campaign Guide explains, in plain …
Read moreFederal political action committees (PACs) registered with the Federal Election Commission reported raising a combined $328 million, spending $253.7 million, and contributing $148.3 million* to candidates, parties, and other committees …
Read moreA naturalized citizen is not prohibited by the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) from becoming a “candidate” as defined under the Act. However, a naturalized citizen is not eligible …
Read moreOn August 12, 2011, Herron for Congress filed suit against the FEC. The lawsuit seeks declaratory judgment and injunctive relief for the dismissal of an administrative complaint filed by the …
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