“How to fix Congress? Make representatives accountable to voters”
FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub for WaPo.
Category Archives: federal election commission
“Legal team seeking to undo super PACs files suit to push FEC to act”
WaPo:
A bipartisan group of congressional members and candidates is filing a federal suit Friday against the Federal Election Commission, seeking to force the agency to act on a complaint it brought against 10 super PACs in July.
The maneuver… Continue reading
FEC Deadlocks in CREW Disclosure Case So No Appeal
Bloomberg BNA:
Thee Federal Election Commission won’t appeal a federal court decision reviving an enforcement complaint against conservative nonprofit groups that refused to disclose their donors.
Officials said the FEC commissioners deadlocked 3-3 along party lines in a vote behind… Continue reading
“O’Donnell Illegally Used Campaign Money for Rent, Court Rules”
Bloomberg BNA:
Former Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell illegally used campaign funds to pay her rent and utilities in 2010 and 2011, a federal court in Wilmington, Del., ruled (Federal Election Commission v. O’Donnell, D. Del., No. 15-17,… Continue reading
Letter from FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub on Foreign Money in U.S. Elections
“FEC Faulted for Failure to Enforce Disclosure on Nonprofits”
Ken Doyle for Bloomberg BNA.
“Deadlock: FEC Commissioners Say They’re Failing to Investigate Campaign Violations”
Breaking: Court Holds FEC Applied Wrong Test to See If Koch-Allied Groups are Breaking Law by Not Registering as Political Committees
Major win for CREW here.
The court’s opinion granting CREW summary judgment explains that the three (Republican) FEC Commissioners used the wrong test to decide if AAN and AJS (501(c)(4)s that don’t disclose their donors) violated the law by… Continue reading
“Debate for Democracy: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump should address concerns about our representative democracy in the debate”
FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel at US News.
Commissioner Weintraub Proposal Concerning Foreign Money on FEC Agenda
Read the memo about a proposed rulemaking:
This proposal is narrowly drawn to examine just the role of foreign political spending in U.S. elections post-Citizens United, a topic for which I hope there is greater agreement among Commissioners. No member… Continue reading
“The Cassandras of Our Time: Brooksley Born and Ann Ravel”
Tweet of the Day
The @FEC has no opinion on the existence of God. But if she wants to run for U.S. President, she has to fill out her forms like anyone else.
— Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) September 1, 2016
FEC Commissioner Ellen … Continue reading
“Before reforming the FEC look at Montana’s mess”
Paul Jossey for the Hill.
“FEC opening door to Internet regulation – again?”
FOX News:
Democrats on the nation’s top campaign finance regulator may be opening the door once again to regulating political content on the Internet, Republicans warn – despite claims to the contrary a year ago.
Federal Election Commissioner Lee… Continue reading