Week of August 11 – 15, 2025

Commission meetings and hearings

On August 12, the Commission met in executive session.

The Commission voted to cancel the open meeting scheduled for August 14.

Website Initiatives

On August 12, the FEC retired the Searchable Advisory Opinion System (SAOS), a legacy search tool on the FEC website designed to search Commission advisory opinions (AOs) and related documents. Researchers and members of the public may continue to search for AO documents by using the current Advisory Opinion Search feature on FEC.gov. This feature provides robust keyword and Boolean search options and a proximity search filter that searches for two terms or phrases that appear within a set distance from one another, in addition to the ability to search for final opinions and related documents by AO number, keyword, requestor name, document type, the date the opinion was issued and more. The Commission also recently debuted a Legal Research Guide to assist users in locating and using all of its online legal resources.

Litigation

Giffords v. FEC (Case No. 25-5188) On August 11, Plaintiff-Appellee Giffords filed a Reply in Support of its Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Summary Affirmance in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

McDonald v. FEC (Case No. 25-10830) On August 11, the Commission filed a Motion for Summary Affirmance in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Outreach

On August 11-12, Chair Shana M. Broussard participated in a virtual workshop held by the Organization of American States (OAS) entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Elections: Challenges and Opportunities.”

On August 15-16, Vice Chairman James E. “Trey” Trainor, III spoke at the Republican National Lawyers Association’s National Election Law Seminar in Nashville, TN.

Press releases

FEC retires legacy Searchable Advisory Opinion System (SAOS) (issued August 12)

Election Dates

The Commission has posted a list of preliminary 2026 Congressional Primary Dates.

Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings

September 16, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

Upcoming educational opportunities

September 17, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a Seminar for Separate Segregated Funds at its headquarters in Washington, DC.

October 1, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a Reporting and FECFile Webinar for Candidate Committees.

October 22, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a Seminar for Candidates and Political Parties.

For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission’s Trainings page.

Upcoming reporting due dates

August 20: August Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2025 Monthly Reporting schedule.

Additional research materials

Contribution Limits: In addition to the current limits, the Commission has posted an archive of contribution limits that were in effect going back to the 1975-1976 election cycles.

Federal election results are available. The data was compiled from the official vote totals published by state election offices.

FEC Notify: Want to be notified by email when campaign finance reports are received by the agency? Sign up here.

The Combined Federal State Disclosure and Election Directory is available. This publication identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for the disclosure of campaign finances, lobbying, personal finances, public financing, candidates on the ballot, election results, spending on state initiatives, and other financial filings.

The Presidential Election Campaign Fund Tax Checkoff Chart provides information on balance of the Fund, monthly deposits into the Fund reported by the Department of the Treasury, payments from the Fund as certified by the FEC, and participation rates of taxpayers as reported by the Internal Revenue Service. For more information on the Presidential Public Funding Program, see the Public Funding of Presidential Elections page.

The FEC Record is available as a continuously updated online news source.

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