FEC Commissioners Ravel and Weintraub with New Proposal to Limit Super PAC Coordination
Here it is, on the agenda.
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FEC Commissioner Weintraub: Sky Not Falling on Super PAC AO
In contrast to some of the press coverage, here’s Commissioner Weintraub’s statement on the recent Majority PAC AO:
A funny thing happened at the end of the long and contentious meeting where this Advisory Opinion was discussed. It turned but… Continue reading
“A Time to Revive the Party”
FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman has written this oped for the Washington Examiner. It begins:
This week the Federal Election Commission will vote on a proposal to revive political parties and make them more effective at mobilizing populist political participation. The… Continue reading
“A Federal Agency Inadvertently Just Gave Super PACs More Power”
Important article from BuzzFeed with a bad headline. There’s nothing inadvertent about this.
FEC Chair Ann Ravel Compares Commission’s Effectiveness to Men’s Nipples
The Daily Show.
I believe I saw the back of Marc Elias’s head make a cameo in the segment.
“One possible weapon to ward off super PACs”
Vincent DeVito for Reuters Opinion. Mandamus to get the FEC to act? In time for this election? I don’t think so.
“FEC Refuses to Close the ‘Chevron’ Loophole in the Ban Against Campaign Contributions From Government Contractors”
Release:
A deadlock by the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Public Citizen’s request that the agency close a loophole of its own making that allows federal contractors to make campaign contributions through subsidiaries means the loophole remains. The… Continue reading
“Clinton, Bush lawyers square off in FEC proxy war”
“Ohio Republican Party is baffling feds with its accounting and math”
“FEC Deadlocks On Whether Candidates Can Coordinate With Their Own Super PACs”
Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo:
A request to relax limits on coordination between candidates and super PACs left the Federal Election Commission divided and, at times, confused at a hearing on Tuesday.
Marc Elias, lawyer for House Majority PAC and Senate… Continue reading
Interesting Statement from FEC Commissioner Goodman on Role of Press in Presidential Debates
An extensive 17-page concurring statement, which begins:
On July 16, 2015, the Commission voted not to open a new rulemaking proposing stricter mandates on corporate debate sponsorship as proposed in a petition submitted by an organization called Level the… Continue reading
“FEC: Notable conservatives tied to nonprofit scofflaw”
CPI:
Three notable conservatives — including a top fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio — are linked to a now-defunct “dark money” nonprofit group that failed to disclose several million dollars spent on candidate-related TV ads, according to… Continue reading
“FEC Eyes Petition on Corporate Contributions”
Bloomberg BNA:
A petition for tougher Federal Election Commission rules restricting government contractors’ contributions to super political action committees is set to be considered by the FEC at a commission meeting set for Nov. 10, but the petition’s sponsor… Continue reading
“FEC Deadlock Signaled by Rival Drafts on Super PACs”
Ken Doyle for Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission appeared to be moving toward a deadlocked vote in a ruling over the legality of activities by single-candidate super PACs in the 2016 campaign.
Commissioners postponed a final vote following a… Continue reading