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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.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
On December 3, 2018, the Commission published a notice of availability in the Federal Register (83 Fed. Reg. 62283) in response to a rulemaking petition that asks the agency to ...
On December 3, 2018, the Commission published a notice of availability in the Federal Register (83 Fed. Reg. 62282) in response to a rulemaking petition. The petition asks the Commission ...
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.
The 30-Day Post-General Election report is due on December 6, 2018. The Post-General Election report covers activity from October 18 (or from the close of books of the last report ...
Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), information about individual contributors taken from FEC reports cannot be sold or used for soliciting contributions (including any political or charitable contribution ...
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.
In an order dated September 24, 2018, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted former Congressman David Rivera’s motion to dismiss the Commission’s ...
On November 14, 2018, the Commission will host a webinar to help candidate committees prepare to wind down their campaigns and file their 30 Day Post-General (30G) Reports. The workshop ...
Advisory 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.
The following reports are due in October:
New York will hold a Special General Election on November 6, 2018, to fill the 25th congressional district House seat of the late Representative Louise Slaughter. Under state law, parties ...
Earlier today, the President signed into law the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019, which contained a provision that makes the Federal ...
On September 18, 2018, the United States Supreme Court lifted the Chief Justice’s stay of the order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in ...
On September 17, 2018, the Commission published a notification of availability seeking comment on whether to revise its existing regulations to prohibit the personal use of leadership PAC funds. Comments ...
On September 15, 2018, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts granted a stay of the district court decision in CREW v. FEC pending further order of the Chief ...
Microsoft may offer a package of enhanced online account security features to federal candidates and party committees on a nonpartisan basis at no additional charge.
Microsoft provides a range ...
The Commission will offer reporting and FECFile webinars to help filers prepare for the busy pre-election filing period. The webinars for candidate committees will be held on Wednesday, October 3 ...
On August 8, 2018, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) and Noah Bookbinder (“plaintiffs”) filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge ...
Advisory 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.
On August 15, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss the complaint in McChesney v. FEC. Plaintiffs Bart ...