“‘Desperate’ at the FEC Part II: The Risks of Unintended Consequences”
Ravel-Weintraub petition may backfire. Bauer makes the case.
Category Archives: federal election commission
“‘Desperate’ at the FEC”
I’ve got to agree with Bauer on this point:
One explanation provided to USA Today is that it will allow for a hearing at which the general public will be heard. But such a hearing has been held, and the… Continue reading
Read the Ravel-Weintraub Petition for the FEC to Engage in New Rulemaking
“Exclusive: Two FEC officials implore agency to curb 2016 election abuse”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today reports that FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub “are filing a formal petition, urging their own agency to write rules to clamp down on unfettered political spending and unmask the anonymous money flooding U.S. elections.”
“Republican FEC commissioner admittedly blocking complaints against Republicans”
Paul Ryan in The Hill:
In my decade-plus as an attorney at the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a nonpartisan legal organization, we’ve filed dozens of administrative complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against those we believed to be violating… Continue reading
DC Circuit Rules Crossroads Can Intervene in Public Citizen, FEC Case
“Lawsuits Readied Against FEC for Inaction On Enforcement Matters Involving Super PACs”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission’s failure to resolve past enforcement cases involving super political action committees is likely to be targeted in a new round of legal actions by the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, the group’s senior counsel,… Continue reading
“Authorities unlikely to stop 2016 election fundraising free-for-all”
“Petersen, Hunter Distance Themselves From Goodman on Partisanship at FEC”
Bloomberg BNA:
Two Republicans on the Federal Election Commission, Matthew Petersen and Caroline Hunter, are distancing themselves from recent, controversial comments by fellow Republican Lee Goodman about the partisan impact of FEC enforcement decisions.
“After the recent dustup regarding… Continue reading
“Anti-Hillary groups to FEC: Take a hike”
CPI:
A pair of anti-Hillary Clinton political committees are effectively telling the Federal Election Commission to take a long walk off a tall mountain.
The groups — Dick Morris’s Just Say No to Hillary PAC and the Stop Hillary… Continue reading
FEC Commissioners Peterson and Hunter on Partisanship and Enforcement at the FEC
Following up on the latest comments from Commissioner Goodman, FEC Vice Chair Peterson and Commissioner Hunter (the two other Republican-appointees to the Commission) send along the following statement:
“After the recent dustup regarding alleged partisan considerations in the FEC’s enforcement… Continue reading
New FEC Petition for Rulemaking to Stop “Contribution Laundering”
Commissioner Goodman Responds to Commissioner Ravel on Partisan Bias
Following up on Commissioner Ravel’s comments about statements made by Commissioner Goodman, Commissioner Goodman sends along the following further response:
COMMISSIONER GOODMAN:
At last Thursday’s FEC meeting, a Commissioner proposed that the FEC plow through its docket of cases… Continue reading
“More Conflict at the FEC: The Question of Partisanship and the Problem of Finger-Pointing”
Bauer:
A dispute over whether the FEC is tilting its investigations against conservatives or Republicans is mostly a waste of energy. Commissioner Goodman got this started at a Commission hearing and has been rebuked by Commissioner Ravel. The Republicans… Continue reading