Category Archives: federal election commission

“FEC inspector general says top agency official duped her into releasing confidential criticisms”

November 8, 2016, 9:38 amfederal election commissionRick Hasen

CPI: A Federal Election Commission manager allegedly duped the agency’s inspector general into releasing hundreds of confidential employee comments that has lambasted poor leadership there as part of a morale study. Four current FEC staffers and one former employee… Continue reading

Daily Caller Accuses FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel of Quid Pro Quo with President Obama to Stay at FEC; Ravel Denies

November 4, 2016, 7:49 pmfederal election commissionRick Hasen

Story Commissioner Ravel response.

“How to fix Congress? Make representatives accountable to voters”

November 4, 2016, 7:39 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub for WaPo.

“Legal team seeking to undo super PACs files suit to push FEC to act”

November 4, 2016, 7:33 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

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

October 4, 2016, 5:44 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

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”

September 22, 2016, 8:48 pmcampaign finance, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

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

September 22, 2016, 10:56 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Read it here.

“FEC Faulted for Failure to Enforce Disclosure on Nonprofits”

September 20, 2016, 9:17 pmcampaign finance, federal election commission, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Ken Doyle for Bloomberg BNA.

“Deadlock: FEC Commissioners Say They’re Failing to Investigate Campaign Violations”

September 20, 2016, 9:14 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Extensive NBC report.

Breaking: Court Holds FEC Applied Wrong Test to See If Koch-Allied Groups are Breaking Law by Not Registering as Political Committees

September 19, 2016, 10:13 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

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”

September 16, 2016, 6:52 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel at US News.

Commissioner Weintraub Proposal Concerning Foreign Money on FEC Agenda

September 9, 2016, 8:46 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

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”

September 7, 2016, 7:24 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.

Tweet of the Day

September 1, 2016, 7:04 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

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