Week of February 24 – 28, 2025
Commission meetings and hearings
On February 25, the Commission met in executive session.
The Commission voted to cancel the open meeting scheduled for February 27.
Advisory Opinions
Request Received
Advisory Opinion Request 2025-03 (American Samoa Democratic Party) On February 24, the Commission made public an advisory opinion request by the American Samoa Democratic Party. The requestor asks to be recognized as a state committee of a national political party. The Commission will accept written comments on the request during the 10-day period following publication of the request (no later than March 6, 2025) and must issue a response no later than 60 days after the receipt of the complete advisory opinion request, that is, by April 22, 2025.
Enforcement
The Commission made public one closed case, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Search System.
COMPLAINANT: Evan Power
RESPONDENT: One Tallahassee
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that One Tallahassee, a Florida state political committee, violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act) by failing to register with the Commission as a political committee. The complaint alleged that One Tallahassee circulated a mailer promoting 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris that cost approximately $19,750.
DISPOSITION: The Commission exercised its prosecutorial discretion and dismissed the complaint.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
The Commission made public four closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Search System.
COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENT: Neighbors for Samuels and Andrew Minck, in official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)
SUBJECT: In the normal course of exercising its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee failed to remedy excessive 2022 primary election contributions, totaling $13,800, and failed to remedy contributions designated for the 2022 general election, totaling $59,220, within the permissible timeframes
DISPOSITION: The Committee agreed to certify closure of its federal account and file a termination report with the Commission, and to pay a civil penalty of $5,475.
COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENT: Mark Kelly for Senate and Dacey Montoya, in official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)
SUBJECT: In the normal course of exercising its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee failed to remedy excessive 2022 primary and general election contributions, totaling $81,881.97, within the permissible timeframe.
DISPOSITION: The Committee agreed to 1) develop and certify the implementation and distribution of a policy document to be provided to the Committee’s external compliance vendor detailing the Committee’s procedures for identifying and remedying excessive contributions to ensure timely and accurate reporting, 2) participate in an FEC training program, and 3) pay a civil penalty of $6,150.
COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENT: Cheri Beasley for North Carolina and Lauren Decot Lee, in official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)
SUBJECT: In the normal course of exercising its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee failed to remedy excessive 2022 primary and general election contributions, totaling $137,320.33, within the permissible timeframe.
DISPOSITION: The Committee agreed to certify closure of its federal account and file a termination report with the Commission, and to pay a civil penalty of $10,300.
COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENT: Feenstra for Congress and Thomas Datwyler, in official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)
SUBJECT: In the normal course of exercising its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee failed to disclose additional disbursements of $288,632.05 on its 2024 April Quarterly Report, originally filed on April 15, 2024.
DISPOSITION: The Committee agreed to develop and implement a procedure requiring the review of bank transfers by multiple staff members during report preparation and to pay a civil penalty of $8,275.
Litigation
Campaign Legal Center v. FEC (Case No. 24-2585) On February 21, the Commission filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and Memorandum in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings
March 11, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.
March 13, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.
April 1, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.
April 3, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.
Upcoming educational opportunities
March 11-12, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for corporations and their PACs.
March 25-26, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for membership and labor organizations and their PACs.
April 8-9, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for trade associations and their PACs.
For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission’s Trainings page.
Upcoming reporting due dates
March 20: March 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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