Category Archives: federal election commission
“Center files appeal with FEC to release counsel’s report”
CCP: “The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) filed an appeal today with the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) after a Commission’s staff member denied the group’s request for release of a controversial agency document related to a complaint against Crossroads… Continue reading
Office of Special Counsel Release on Fired FEC Employee Engaged in Partisan Political Activity
“Staffer In FEC Counsel’s Office Resigns Over Tweets Supporting Obama Campaign”
That’s a provocative Bloomberg BNA headline that unfortunately I cannot get beyond the paywall to read at the moment. More info when I can access the site.
Credit Ellen Weintraub for “Max PAC” Moniker
Eliza Newlin Carney, responding to this post, writes:
“Max PAC” actually comes from FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub. She won the “Next Super PAC” contest organized by the Post’s Matea Gold for The Fix. See here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/17/announcing-the-winner-of-the-fixs-nextsuperpac-contest/?wprss=rss_campaigns
For what it’s… Continue reading
“WyLiberty Attorneys File Brief Highlighting Government Secrecy”
Press release: “Wyoming Liberty Group attorneys filed a supplemental brief with the United States Supreme Court today in the case Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), discussing recent events at the FEC and how they should impact… Continue reading
“Dysfunction and Belief at the FEC”
David Mason:
Former FEC GC Larry Noble has offered his take on the public dispute between FEC Vice Chair Ann Ravel and the FEC’s Republican commissioners. Noble ultimately calls for “fundamental changes” at the FEC “including the appointment… Continue reading
Larry Noble on the FEC Commissioner Breakdown
Blogging at CLC:
Truth be told, I wish there were a better position than the one Vice Chairwoman Ravel and Commissioner Weintraub have taken. But at some point you have to say “enough is enough” and let everyone play by… Continue reading
Bauer on the Fights at the FEC
“Mudslinging at the FEC over disclosure”
CPI: “Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee Goodman and two of his fellow Republican colleagues skewered Vice Chairwoman Ann Ravel — a Democrat — on Thursday because she didn’t vote to defend the agency last month against litigation from campaign… Continue reading
“In Chevron Case, FEC Brings Clarity to the Federal Contractor Ban and Super PACs”
Covington‘s Inside Political Law:
The rules on corporate contributions to Super PACs were made clearer today when the Federal Election Commission (FEC) released its finding that Chevron Corporation’s $2.5 million contribution in 2012 to the Congressional Leadership Fund (a… Continue reading
Republican FEC Commissioners Write NYT Letter to Editor Responding to Commr. Ravel’s NYT Oped
It pulls no punches, beginning: “Our Federal Election Commission colleague Ann M. Ravel would rather grandstand than follow the law and judicial precedent.”
Flashback to Dec 4: “Ravel said she found the level of partisan division at the FEC ‘very… Continue reading
Republican FEC Commissioners Issue Statement About Enforcement
Statement re Defending the Commission in Public Citizen v. FEC begins:
For nearly forty years, votes to defend the Commission in cases challenging dismissals of administrative complaints have been routine, pro forma acts. Even when the Commission has split on… Continue reading
“Center Demands FEC Release Counsel’s Report”
Press release: “The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today announced it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) seeking a controversial agency document related to a complaint against Crossroads GPS that… Continue reading