Category Archives: federal election commission
“Commissioner Ravel’s Departure–and the Virtues of Deadlock”
Bauer:
Rick Hasen suggests that Mr. Trump could now break the agency deadlock and add a libertarian voice to the agency, creating a majority for active deregulation without violating the rule against one party holding more than half the seats. … Continue reading
Rather Than Continued Stalemate, Federal Election Commission May Now Lead Way to Campaign Finance Deregulation
As we have long been expecting, Federal Election Commissioner Ann Ravel has announced her resignation from the Federal Election Commission, effective March 1. For the last decade or more, beginning with the FEC tenure of Don McGahn (now the White… Continue reading
“U.S. District Court Orders Federal Election Commission to Re-Consider Whether Commission on Presidential Debates is Breaking Campaign Finance Law”
BAN:
On February 1, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued a 28-page opinion in Level the Playing Field v Federal Election Commission, 1:15cv-1397, D.C. She ruled that the FEC clearly did not look at the evidence presented by… Continue reading
“With morale in tatters, Federal Election Commission eyes changes”
CPI:
Federal Election Commission leaders — dogged by abysmal staff morale and a top manager improperly obtaining employees’ confidential critiques — are considering changes to how the agency operates in a bid to restore staff trust.
Chief among them: the… Continue reading
“FEC Deadlocks on New Rules Against Foreign Campaign Money”
Bloomberg BNA:
Proposals to write new Federal Election Commission rules aimed at preventing foreign campaign money from influencing U.S. elections led to a deadlock between Democratic and Republican commissioners at the FEC’s first meeting in 2017.
FEC Democrats said… Continue reading
FEC Delays Action Until March on Whether to Remove Social Workers Party Harassment Exemption from Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws
FEC, on 6-0 Vote, Rejects Complaint Clinton Campaign Joint Fundraising Operations with 32 State Parties Illegal
Yup, the problem is not what’s illegal but what’s legal. It is fine to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars using joint fundraising committees despite a $2,700 individual contribution limit of money going directly to candidate campaigns.
“Don McGahn was one of the most principled members of the FEC”
Brad Smith letter to the editor responding to Ellen Weintraub oped:
Mr. McGahn was one of the most principled people to serve on the FEC. Indisputably, he was influential and consequential. Ms. Weintraub complained that the FEC is dysfunctional.… Continue reading
FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel Leaving Commission by May
“Federal Election Commission: a forgotten tool in Donald Trump’s ‘drain the swamp’ effort”
Bob Bauer, Former White House Counsel, on How Don McGahn May Do Job for Trump
Bauer:
To put the point in mildest terms, Ellen Weintraub and Don McGahn do not get along. When they served together on the Federal Election Commission, their mutual hostility was well enough known, and their time apart since Mr. McGahn… Continue reading
FEC Comm. Weintraub: “Trump’s pick for White House counsel is wrong for the job”
Ellen Weintraub WaPo oped:
The White House counsel operates out of the public eye but has the president’s ear. In the Trump administration, with the unprecedented multiplicity of conflict-of-interest challenges facing the businessman-president, the job will take on added… Continue reading
“Some simple, commonsense, bipartisan campaign finance reforms”
Bob Lenhard in The Hill.