Bloomberg BNA: The Federal Election Commission dismissed on a deadlocked, party-line vote allegations that Jon Keyser, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Colorado illegally solicited $3 million in unlimited “soft money” contributions to aid his 2016 campaign. Documents released by… Continue reading

FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub for WaPo.

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

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

Read it here.

Extensive NBC report.

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

FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel at US News.

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

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.