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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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Ohio has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House seat in the 6th Congressional District being vacated by Representative Bill Johnson. The Special Primary Election will be held on …
Read moreCalifornia has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House seat in the 20th Congressional District vacated by Representative Kevin McCarthy. The Special General Election will be held on March …
Read moreOn January 5, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a district court decision. The district court had dismissed the Campaign Legal Center’s …
Read moreThe Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands (Committee) qualifies as a state party committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act.
The determination of a state party organization’s status …
Read moreOn December 19, 2023, President Biden signed legislation (S. 2747, Pub. Law No. 118-26) that extends the Commission’s Administrative Fine Program for late- and non-filed reports for an additional …
Read moreCowboy Analytics, LLC, proposed to form a nonconnected conduit political committee (“PAC”) to solicit funds for itself and earmarked contributions for federal candidates that the PAC supports. The Commission …
Read moreThe Commission has published its updated civil penalty amounts for 2024, pursuant to a federal law that requires federal agencies to adjust civil penalties for inflation each year. The updated …
Read moreOn December 14, 2023, the Commission approved a final rule and explanation and justification revising its regulations at 11 CFR part 113 concerning the use of campaign funds by a …
Read moreThis article describes the filing requirements for 2024. Additional information is available on the FEC's Dates and deadlines web page.
All committees must file …
Read moreNew York has scheduled a special election to fill the U.S. House seat in the 3rd Congressional District that became vacant when Representative George Santos was expelled from Congress. The …
Read moreThe Commission will offer its annual Year-End Reporting and FECFile workshops in January 2024. The webinars for political action committees (PACs) and party committees will be held on Wednesday, January …
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.
On October 20, 2023, Campaign Legal Center and OpenSecrets (plaintiffs) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Commission unlawfully failed to act …
Read moreThe Upshur County Republican Executive Committee (Upshur County) and the West Virginia Republican Party (State Party) are not affiliated for purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (the Act) contribution …
Read moreOn November 2, 2023, the Commission approved a directive which sets forth how the Office of General Counsel (OGC) conducts investigations following a reason-to-believe (RTB) finding in an enforcement matter.
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Read moreThe Commission has ended the consideration of a rulemaking which would have revised Commission regulations to treat certain limited liability partnerships (LLPs) as corporations for purposes of the Federal Election …
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.
On September 29, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) granted both parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment in part and denied both motions in …
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Printed copies of the 2023 edition of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) are now available. Contact the Commission's Information Division at 202-694-1100 or 800-424-9530 (menu option …
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