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Category Archives: federal election commission
Craig Holman has written this Sacramento Bee oped. … Continue reading
NYT reports. … Continue reading
Ben Jacobs reports for The Guardian. … Continue reading
Press release. See also CPI’s New complaints against 2016 hopefuls may be resolved this decade — or not … Continue reading
Bauer blogs. … Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA: The Federal Election Commission voted 4-2 to approve a controversial, long-pending advisory opinion allowing a political action committee to receive intellectual property produced by foreign volunteers. The vote at an FEC open meeting March 19 fell mainly along … Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA: Democrats and Republicans on the Federal Election Commission deadlocked on a vote to decide whether to investigate possible reporting violations by a super political action committee supporting Hillary Clinton, according to documents released by the FEC March 13. … Continue reading
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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” that has … Continue reading
FEC Chair Ann Ravel writes this oped in The Hill. … Continue reading
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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 to … Continue reading
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 illegal … Continue reading
The airing of grievances. … Continue reading
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 going … Continue reading
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 what followed … Continue reading
Alec MacGillis for Slate. … Continue reading
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
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WSJ reports. $100,000 party fundraising events coming your way. … Continue reading
Meredith McGehee blogs. … Continue reading
You can read the petition here (via Bauer). You’ve also got a union lawyer and the Center for Competitive Politics. We will see how the reform community reacts. … Continue reading
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Bauer blogs. … Continue reading
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Watchdog goes after FEC chair Ravel. … Continue reading
Paul Jossey blogs. … Continue reading
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FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman has written this WSJ oped. … Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA: The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on whether to investigate a long-pending case involving alleged violation of campaign finance rules by the American Future Fund (AFF), a nonprofit organization linked to the so-called Koch Network of politically active nonprofits, … Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA: A dramatic increase in contribution limits for political parties tacked onto a $1.1 trillion government funding bill has raised big questions about the next era of campaign financing as the 2016 election cycle begins, according to a new … Continue reading
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Bloomberg BNA: “The Federal Election Commission deadlocked in a 3-3 vote after a contentious debate on a long-pending proposal by Republican commissioners to limit the authority of FEC staffers in the agency’s Office of General Counsel to investigate alleged campaign … Continue reading
FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel wants public comments on FEC disclosure rules. … Continue reading
WaPo reports. MORE from LAT. … Continue reading
You can read Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s 46-page decision in the long-running Van Hollen v. FEC case at this link. If this ruling stands, it likely will mean more disclosure by those who spend on election-related television and radio advertising … Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA breaking news via email: The Federal Election Commission has serious management problems, including a failure to hire a general counsel and fill other top staff positions, according to a new assessment from the agency’s inspector general, Lynne A. … Continue reading
FEC Commissioner Ravel’s WSJ letter. … Continue reading
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Escalating the battle with Commissioner Ravel over this issue. … Continue reading
Paul Jossey blogs. … Continue reading
…I knew von Spakovsky would be behind it. The idea that having an FEC commissioner going around the country talking about the work for the FEC from the commissioner’s own perspective is some kind of electioneering is ludicrous. … Continue reading
The Onion: “Explaining that the measure is intended to protect politicians’ right to free expression against undue scrutiny from the general population, a new ruling implemented this week by the Federal Election Commission allows candidates running for public office to … Continue reading
Via email: Statement of Vice Chair Ann M. Ravel Encouraging Public Comments to Increase Disclosure and Address Corruption in the Political Process For the first time in more than a decade, the Commission is now accepting wide-ranging public comment on … Continue reading
Michael Barone gets impatient. For what it’s worth, I understand that FEC data is quite important, and I understand that it’s important to have said data timely. But I actually don’t understand the policy necessity for getting July-September FEC data … Continue reading
Republicans have filed a lawsuit over the expenditures at issue in this request for an FEC advisory opinion, when the Democrats sent the mailer in question before getting an answer from the FEC. Here’s the complaint. … Continue reading
Fred Wertheimer, on the blogpath, about last week’s FEC advisory opinion deeming national party fundraising for the upcoming conventions subject to separate limits, over and above limits on giving to the parties generally. … Continue reading
Steve Klein, of the Wyoming Liberty Group, responds to FEC Commissioner Weintraub’s statement of reasons for dissenting on the Citizens United rulemaking. … Continue reading