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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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WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission cited nine campaign committees today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Primary Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended …
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.
Read moreUnopposed and independent candidates are still entitled to a separate contribution limit for the primary (or convention, in states that hold them). Unopposed candidates must consider the date on which …
Read moreNational Sorghum Producers and certain state producer organizations constitute a federation of trade associations under Commission regulations. Additionally, a proposed checkoff system for contributions and the use of those state …
Read moreMonthly filers have a report due Tuesday, February 20, covering the month of January. Quarterly filers do not have a regularly scheduled report due this month, but if they …
Read moreThe Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require special reporting of certain contributions that are collected or “bundled” by lobbyists/registrants, or by political action committees (PACs) that are …
Read moreThe 2018 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.
The limits are:
The Commission has published the annual price index adjustments to the coordinated party expenditure limits and the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold. For 2018, the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold has …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion and a proposed final audit report. The Commission also held a public audit hearing.
Advisory Opinion 2017-13 (NSP and …
Read moreThe Commission recently updated FEC Form 8 (Debt Settlement Plan) and Form 9 (24-Hour Notice of Disbursements/Obligations for Electioneering Communications) and their accompanying instructions. The new versions of each form …
Read moreWASHINGTON – Lee E. Goodman, who joined the Federal Election Commission in 2013 and served as Chairman in 2014, will leave the Commission on February 16. He plans to return …
Read moreAs the 2018 election year gets underway, now is a good time for candidates and other committees to review upcoming filing deadlines and brush up on the campaign finance laws. …
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.
Read moreOn January 12, 2018, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Noah Bookbinder (together, “plaintiffs”) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the …
Read moreThe Commission launched a web portal that offers political committees a new way to get reporting help from their assigned Campaign Finance Analyst in the FEC’s Reports Analysis Division (RAD).
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