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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.
The following reports are due in October:
New York will hold a Special General Election on November 6, 2018, to fill the 25th congressional district House seat of the late Representative Louise Slaughter. Under state law, parties …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission welcomed a new statutory provision making the Commission, effective immediately, the point of entry for all filings required under the Federal Election Campaign Act …
Read moreEarlier today, the President signed into law the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019, which contained a provision that makes the …
Read moreEarlier today, President Trump signed legislation that makes the FEC the point of entry for all Senate filings. As a result, Senate candidates and committees no longer file with the …
Read moreOn September 18, 2018, the United States Supreme Court lifted the Chief Justice’s stay of the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in CREW v. …
Read moreWASHINGTON – On September 15, the Chief Justice of the United States stayed the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in CREW v. FEC (Case …
Read moreOn September 17, 2018, the Commission published a notification of availability seeking comment on whether to revise its existing regulations to prohibit the personal use of leadership PAC funds. Comments …
Read moreOn September 15, 2018, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts granted a stay of the district court decision in CREW v. FEC pending further order of the Chief …
Read moreMicrosoft may offer a package of enhanced online account security features to federal candidates and party committees on a nonpartisan basis at no additional charge.
Microsoft provides a range …
Read moreCongress has passed and sent to the President the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019, which includes a provision that makes …
Read moreThe Commission will offer reporting and FECFile webinars to help filers prepare for the busy pre-election filing period. The webinars for candidate committees will be held on Wednesday, October 3. …
Read moreOn August 8, 2018, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) and Noah Bookbinder (“plaintiffs”) filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the …
Read moreThe electioneering communications period for the general election began on Friday, September 7 and runs through November 6. Any person who makes electioneering communications that aggregate more than $10,000 …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion and a Notification of Availability on a petition for rulemaking.
Advisory Opinion 2019-11 (Microsoft Corporation). The Commission approved …
Read moreAdvisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed below. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
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