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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 Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for political party committees on April 22, 2020. FEC staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws affecting …
On March 13, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Commission in Campaign Legal Center, …
The following reports are due in April:
As states postpone congressional and presidential primary elections to limit possible COVID-19 exposure, the Commission is updating the reporting dates and deadlines associated with those elections. These postponements affect pre-election …
The Commission will offer two electronic filing webinars on April 1, 2020, to help candidate committees, political action committees and parties prepare to file their April disclosure reports.
During the …
Georgia has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Senator Johnny Isakson. The special general election will be held on November 3, 2020, and the special …
On February 27, 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 …
The FEC's March 18 webinar on independent expenditures is nearly sold out. As a result, the Commission has decided to repeat that webinar on Thursday, March 19. Both sessions will …
On March 2, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed with prejudice a suit brought against the Commission by Free Speech For People challenging the Commission’s …
The FEC often receives questions about the rules governing internet activity conducted by political committees. While this article responds to some of the most common questions, it does not …
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.
New York has scheduled a special election to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 27th congressional district vacated by Representative Chris Collins. The Special General Election will …
The 2020 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.
The Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require certain political committees to disclose information about lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs whose bundled contributions within a covered period exceed a specified …
The Commission will hold a one-day online seminar for federal candidates and their campaign committees on March 25, 2020. Commission staff will conduct several technical workshops on the federal campaign …
Political committees, individuals and organizations spent more than $1.3 billion on independent expenditures during the 2017-18 midterm elections, and will likely spend more than that this cycle. If you’d …
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.
This article describes the filing requirements for 2020. Additional information is available on the FEC's Dates and deadlines web page.
All committees must file …
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 Commission will offer its annual Year-End Reporting and FECFile webinars in January 2020. The workshops for PACs and party committees will be held on January 15, while those for …