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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 FEC’s September 2 Webinar on Independent Expenditures & Pre-Election Communications is nearly sold out. As a result, the Commission will offer another two-hour webinar session on the preceding day, …
The Commission has published its updated civil penalty amounts for 2020, pursuant to a federal law that requires federal agencies to adjust civil penalties for inflation each year. The updated …
Georgia has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 5th congressional district of the late Representative John Lewis. The Special General Election will be …
Advisory 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 June 30, 2020, the Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit against the FEC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). The plaintiff seeks …
Political committees, individuals and organizations have spent nearly $318 million on independent expenditures so far this election cycle, and that amount is likely to increase significantly over the …
The FEC often receives questions from individuals regarding contributions to federal candidates (and other political committees). While this article responds to some of the most common questions, it does …
NORPAC, a nonconnected committee that solicits, processes, and forwards contributions to candidate committees may deduct and retain a flat-rate, fixed percentage fee (“convenience fee”) from the earmarked contributions it forwards. …
On June 30, 2020, the Commission closed the file on an advisory opinion request (AOR) by Nabilah Islam, a former candidate for the Democratic nomination in Georgia’s 7th congressional district, …
Advisory 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 June 30, 2020, the Commission published a notice of availability in the Federal Register at 85 Fed. Reg. 39098 that seeks public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed …
The following reports are due in July:
An unauthorized committee may include a candidate’s initials in its registered name because the initials do not constitute the “name” of a candidate under the facts presented.
Philip Shemanski …
IDF International Technologies, Inc.’s (IDF) operating activities and advertising for an online political forum are not expenditures, contributions or electioneering communications. IDF is not a political committee and …
On June 12, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the FEC in Level the Playing …
Advisory 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 May 26, 2020, the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss the Campaign Legal Center’s suit challenging the agency’s alleged failure …
On May 6, 2020, Government Accountability Institute withdrew its request for an advisory opinion regarding the application of the media exemption.
The Commission will hold its annual one-day online seminar for trade associations and their political action committees (PACs) on June 10, 2020. These interactive workshops are designed for those seeking …