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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 today approved an advisory opinion. The Commission approved a Statement of Reasons on repayment of public funds and a new campaign guide prior to …
Read moreCongressional candidates collected $560.4 million and disbursed $298.1 million, political parties received $469.3 million and spent $356.9 million, and political action committees (PACs) raised $1.5 billion and spent $1.2 billion, …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today voted on two draft advisory opinions but was unable to reach consensus.
Advisory Opinion Request 2021-08 (Fitzgerald). The Commission discussed and voted …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion and a Notification of Availability in connection with a rulemaking petition. The Commission held over discussion of an advisory …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has appointed Charles Kitcher as Associate General Counsel. Mr. Kitcher, whose appointment becomes effective July 18, oversees the Enforcement Division, which is the largest …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today approved an advisory opinion and discussed and held over an advisory opinion request. The Commission was unable to reach consensus by the required …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today discussed two drafts of an advisory opinion, a motion to amend a Commission directive governing quarterly status reports to the Commission, and a …
Read moreWASHINGTON – A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Ted Cruz for Senate, et …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has issued an advisory opinion concerning whether Tally Up, LLC may use certain aggregated contribution data derived from FEC reports in its data services …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission unanimously adopted 14 legislative recommendations and an amendment to a Commission directive concerning certification of tally votes. The Commission …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved a Notice of Availability seeking comment on whether to initiate a rulemaking in response to a petition regarding …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday issued an Opinion and Per Curiam Judgment in CREW, et al. v FEC (Case …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion. The Commission did not approve proposed modifications to an existing program for requesting consideration of …
Read morePresidential candidates raised and spent $4.1 billion in the 24 months of the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in Public Citizen, et al. v. FEC (Case 14-00148), granting …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission discussed the possible use of campaign funds for residential and personal security and approved an Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum …
Read moreWASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved an advisory opinion. The Commission also held an administrative review hearing at the request of a 2016 presidential …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued an Order in FEC v. Rivera (Case No. 17-22643) on Tuesday, granting the Commission’s Motion for …
Read moreWASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission announced updated contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are effective for federal elections in 2021-22.
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of …
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