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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.
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The Commission will offer a two-hour online training session to help campaign committees that use FECFile prepare to file their disclosure reports. The webinar, to be held on Wednesday, April …
Read moreA nonincumbent candidate may receive limited compensation from their principal campaign committee under certain conditions. The FEC’s rules for candidate salaries detail those conditions. The Commission also offers a comprehensive …
Read moreThe FEC will conduct two days of training for membership/labor organization PACs in March. If you’re newer to campaign finance regulations, you may choose to attend the Basics for Beginners …
Read morePACs, political parties and presidential campaign committees that file monthly have a report due by Thursday, February 20, covering the month of January. Note: PACs and party committees that …
Read moreThe Commission will hold an in-depth, online training event for membership and labor organizations and their political action committees (PACs) on Tuesday, March 25 and Wednesday, March 26. This live, …
Read moreAt some point, your committee may receive a Request for Additional Information (RFAI) from the Commission. Our Campaign Finance Analysts send RFAIs when they need clarification or identify an error, …
Read moreAdvisory 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.
The FEC will conduct two days of training for corporate PACs in March. If you’re newer to campaign finance regulations, you may choose to attend the Basics for Beginners session …
Read moreWASHINGTON—At its first open meeting of the year today, the Federal Election Commission approved a sample donor response form for contributions by limited liability companies (LLCs) and a renewal of …
Read moreUnder the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, which …
Read moreThe 2025 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.
The Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require certain political committees to disclose information about lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs whose bundled contributions within a covered period exceed a specified …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 19-2336), …
Read morePresidential candidates raised $1.6 billion and spent over $1.3 billion in the first 21 months of the 2023-2024 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election …
Read moreThe Commission will hold an in-depth, online training event for corporations and their political action committees (PACs) on Tuesday, March 11 and Wednesday, March 12. This live, interactive webinar is …
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