Category Archives: federal election commission
“Conservative watchdog group accuses Democrats of illegally coordinating through voter data firm”
WaPo:
A new conservative watchdog group filed a complaint this week with the Federal Election Commission against the private voter data firm Catalist and dozens of Democratic party and candidate committees, accusing them of operating “an illegal coordination scheme”… Continue reading
“The FEC Opens Its Ears”
FEC Chair Ann Ravel writes this oped in The Hill.
Bauer on the Lessig-Smith “Spat” Over MayDay FEC Complaint
“Hillary Clinton Cleared of Campaign Finance Allegations”
BLT:
The Federal Election Commission has cleared Hillary Clinton and supporters of her would-be presidential run of allegations of campaign finance violations.
The FEC said in a Feb. 12 letter that the commission “found that there is no reason… Continue reading
“FEC Deadlocks on Coordination Case Involving Campaign of Ex-Rep. Lampson”
Bloomberg BNA:
Although the case involved a Democratic candidate, it was dismissed due to the votes of the three Republican commissioners on the six-member FEC. The Republican commissioners have been reluctant to support enforcement actions based on charges of… Continue reading
What Did Yesterday’s FEC Hearing Have in Common with Festivus?
“Bob Bauer’s Advice on Campaign Finance Reform: Aim Low, or Prepare to Get Sued”
NLJ:
But Bauer, who was White House counsel to President Barack Obama before joining Perkins Coie in 2011, said suggestions such as “tightening up the earmarking rules, regulating single PAC, single-candidate super PACs or other super PACs … this isn’t… Continue reading
“The FEC Hearing and Its Detractors”
Bauer:
It seem unfair that just holding a hearing subjects the FEC to criticism and ridicule. The agency was acted entirely reasonably in inviting views on what it might do, if anything, in response to the McCutcheon case. So… Continue reading
“Open Mic Disaster;The FEC held a hearing. It revealed almost everything that’s wrong with American democracy.”
Ravel and Weintraub: Come on Over to the FEC
Press release via email:
Chair Ann M. Ravel and Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub:
FEC To Hold Public Hearing on Wednesday, February 11
Federal Election Commission Chair Ann M. Ravel and Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub are pleased to invite you to… Continue reading
Bauer on the FEC’s McCutcheon Hearing
“FEC Raises Contributions Cap for 2016”
WSJ reports. $100,000 party fundraising events coming your way.