Category Archives: federal election commission
Quote of the Day: Dysfunctional FEC edition
“The laws of reason have been suspended at the FEC, where corporations are people, commissioners are not, and now Mitt Romney gets to be two different people.”
—FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub, complaining about slap on the wrist… Continue reading
“New FEC chairman aims to calm agency at war with itself”
Dave Levinthal for CPI:
The Federal Election Commission, a government agency tasked with policing what’s expected to be the nation’s most expensive election ever, will drag itself into the new year perhaps more internally injured than at any point… Continue reading
Pro-Romney Super PAC Fined $50K for 2012 Activities
Release:
Today, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) received notification that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has fined pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future (ROF) $50,000 for illegally spending millions of dollars airing an advertisement in 2012 that was… Continue reading
“Undisclosed FEC Report on Crossroads Ordered Released”
Bloomberg BNA:
A staff report that the Federal Election Commission has fought to keep under wraps in an enforcement case involving the conservative nonprofit Crossroads GPS could be disclosed soon following a new order by a federal judge (Public… Continue reading
“FEC Deadlocks on Santorum Coordination Case”
Bloomberg BNA:
he Federal Election Commission has deadlocked in a 3-3 vote over allegations of illegal coordination involving the 2012 presidential campaign of former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), a super political action committee supporting Santorum, and Foster Freiss, a… Continue reading
ELB Podcast Episode 7. Ellen Weintraub: The Future of Money in Politics, and of the FEC
What is the state of campaign financing in the U.S.? How have things changed in the Citizens United era? Is the Federal Election Commission dysfunctional, and if so do personalities or ideology explain the spate of high profile Commission deadlocks?… Continue reading
“CREW Files Criminal Complaint Against Rubio Finance Chair, DC Power Players”
Release:
Key associates of the notorious dark money group the Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity (CHGO) may have violated federal law by making false statements to the government, obstructing an investigation and pocketing more than $1 million originally meant… Continue reading
Bauer on FEC Chair Ann Ravel’s Daily Show Appearance
Bob:
To be clear, and to be fair: Commissioner Ravel did not appear to choose the particular example; there is plenty to complain about in the design of the campaign finance law and ample grounds on which to question,… Continue reading
“FEC Deadlocks on Bid to Ease Party Rules”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on a Republican proposal to write new rules easing campaign finance limits on political parties.
The 3-3 FEC vote during a Nov. 17 commission meeting appeared, at least initially, to doom the proposal… Continue reading
“Comments to FEC Back Rules for Super PACs”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission has received nearly 12,000 public comments overwhelmingly supporting the latest FEC proposals to write rules to control super political action committees and other campaign spending groups.
Despite the number registering support, it was… Continue reading
FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub with New Proposal to Limit Super PAC Coordination
Here it is, on the agenda.
FEC Commissioner Weintraub: Sky Not Falling on Super PAC AO
In contrast to some of the press coverage, here’s Commissioner Weintraub’s statement on the recent Majority PAC AO:
A funny thing happened at the end of the long and contentious meeting where this Advisory Opinion was discussed. It turned but… Continue reading
“A Time to Revive the Party”
FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman has written this oped for the Washington Examiner. It begins:
This week the Federal Election Commission will vote on a proposal to revive political parties and make them more effective at mobilizing populist political participation. The… Continue reading