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FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel on Medium.
Category Archives: federal election commission
Not Every Day You See One FEC Commissioner Attack Another (Actually It is…But Not Usually in Print Like This)
FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter in the Daily Caller:
Commissioner Ann Ravel’s tenure on the Federal Election Commission has been marked by a progression from foolishness to nihilism as to the role of the agency, the importance of the First Amendment,… Continue reading
“FEC to Reconsider Political Involvement by U.S. Subsidiaries of Foreign Corporations on Tuesday”
Bob Lenhard for Inside Political Law.
“FEC Commissioner, Citing the Intercept, Calls for Ban on Foreign Money in Politics”
“Court: Super PACs can be named after candidates”
Josh Gerstein:
A federal appeals court has blocked a rule banning so-called super PACs from naming their groups after candidates for office.
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Federal Election Commission appeared… Continue reading
“Update on CREW v. FEC”
Release:
After obtaining more than 1,600 pages of internal documents from the Federal Election Commission (FEC)’s investigation of the dark money group Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity (CHGO) which make it clear that CHGO was created for the… Continue reading
“Report: FEC leaders, managers share blame for horrid morale”
CPI:
Bickering commissioners, ineffective managers and lousy internal communication rank among the top reasons why the Federal Election Commission staff is one of the federal government’s most bedraggled.
That’s the dispiriting — if unsurprising — conclusion of a new report… Continue reading
“Convention Delegates Win Settlement in Free Speech Lawsuit Against Federal Election Commission”
Release:
Two delegates to the Republican National Convention settled a lawsuit on Friday against the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Two Unnamed Plaintiffs v. FEC. These delegates were represented by attorneys from the Pillar of Law Institute, which was also… Continue reading
FEC Wants to Know About Super PAC Expenses for “Fundraising” When Candidate’s Husband is Only Donor
Following up on this post, see this letter.
FEC Defends Electioneering Communications Disclosure Requirements
“Twitter rants against NRA, Kochs, Trump retweeted by top FEC Dem”
Retweets by Ann Ravel cause controversy.
“Statement of Chairman Bradley A. Smith and President David Keating on FEC Commissioner Weintraub’s ‘Corporate Political Spending and Foreign Influence’ Forum Published on June 23, 2016 “
June 23 Forum on Corporate Political Spending and Foreign Influence at the FEC
Announcement via email:
Join Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub of the Federal Election Commission as she brings together some of the nation’s top scholars, public-interest professionals, and attorneys to discuss some of the hottest issues in campaign finance surrounding corporate political… Continue reading
Minnesota Democrats File FEC Rulemaking Petition to Loosen Rules Governing State and Local Party Fundraising
You can read the petition, written by Neil Reiff and colleagues, at this link.
Given the ideological division at the FEC, it will be Republican commissioners who will support this. What the Democratic commissioners do is less certain. And… Continue reading