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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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Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, which …
Read moreThe 2025 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 …
Read moreThis article describes the filing requirements for 2025. Additional information is available on the FEC's Dates and deadlines web page.
All committees must file …
Read moreOn December 19, 2024, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register that seeks public comment on proposed regulations that would establish procedures for contributors …
Read moreAt its open meeting on December 12, 2024, the Commission unanimously approved 17 legislative recommendations to send to Congress for consideration. The recommendations transmitted to Congress are available on the …
Read moreOn November 26, 2024, the Commission published a notification of availability in the Federal Register at 89 Fed. Reg. 93224 that seeks public comment on a petition for rulemaking submitted …
Read moreThe 30-Day Post-General report is due on December 5, 2024. The Post-General report covers activity from October 17 (or from the close of books of the last report filed) through …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $429,324.85 in additional federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President (MPFP). Mike Pence had previously sought the …
Read moreThe FEC often receives questions regarding the prohibition on contributions and expenditures by federal government contractors. While this article responds to some of the most common questions, it does …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $113,232.74 in additional federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President (MPFP). Mike Pence had previously sought the …
Read moreA single contribution limit applies to the entire ranked-choice voting process in Maine’s 2024 U.S. Senate election, because the entire process, including all rounds of vote tallying, constitutes a single …
Read moreOn September 5, 2024, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed that the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (the Act) limits on coordinated party expenditures do …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has certified payments of $298,370.51 in federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President 2024 and $279,983.34 to Jill Stein and Jill Stein …
Read moreA candidate’s principal campaign committee may participate in a joint fundraiser with a Super PAC, so long as the committee and other entities affiliated with or acting on behalf …
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.
A principal campaign committee may ask its general election contributors to redesignate their contributions to its recount fund.
Representative Bob Good was a candidate for the Republican nomination in …
Read moreThe Federal Election Commission has certified a payment of $617,373.99 in federal matching funds to Mike Pence and Mike Pence for President (MPFP). Mike Pence had previously sought the Republican …
Read moreOn June 26, 2024, the Commission certified that Jill Stein is eligible to receive federal matching funds in connection with seeking the Green Party nomination for president for 2024.
To …
Read moreOn May 16, 2024, the Commission certified that Mike Pence is eligible to receive federal matching funds in connection with seeking the Republican Party nomination for president for 2024.