Federal Election Commission
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday against Vice President Kamala Harris for accepting funds intended for President Joe Biden's reelection. Biden is rolling over $91.5 million from his own campaign... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission is revisiting the use of campaign funds for security measures, sparking a reexamination of the commission's guidance. Following the assassination attempt on former President Trump and other recent violent acts during the 2024 election... Read More
TEMPE, Ariz. — The campaign of independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West said Thursday that someone is hijacking a number of its domain URLs and sending potential visitors to www.donaldjtrump.com. West and his running mate, Melina Abdullah, said they’ve already... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign filed a Federal Election Commission complaint on Wednesday, accusing CNN, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and their respective campaigns of “flagrant violations” of federal campaign finance laws. At the... Read More
WASHINGTON — A pair of advocates for more transparency in campaign finance sued the Federal Election Commission on Monday for failing to create new disclosure rules for so-called “special-purpose” accounts maintained by national party committees. Special-purpose accounts are vehicles that... Read More
WASHINGTON — A Texas-based entity called SHBT LLC violated federal campaign finance laws by hiding the true source of a $1 million contribution to Tell It Like It Is, a super PAC supporting the 2024 presidential bid of former New... Read More
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who also happens to be heir to the legacy of one of America’s most famous political families, is running for president. Kennedy, a Democrat, filed his registration form... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission has updated its contribution limits, indexed for inflation, for the upcoming federal elections in 2023 and 2024. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act, included a number of... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission last week flagged a number of issues with reported contributions made to embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who has come under scrutiny for sweeping lies he’s told about his personal life and career. In... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission is seeking public comment on its policies and procedures for auditing political committees that do not receive public funds. Typically, when a non–publicly funded political committee’s disclosure reports indicate it has not met the... Read More
WASHINGTON — A firm hoping to design and market NFTs to political committees under the same terms and conditions it applies to nonpolitical clients won’t run afoul of prohibitions on corporate contributions, the Federal Election Commission has determined. DataVault, a... Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., can use campaign funds to pay for the cost of reasonable cybersecurity measures to protect her home network, the Federal Election Commission announced on Friday. The decision came in response to an advisory opinion... Read More
WASHINGTON — An authorized campaign committee can reinstate and repay candidate loans it previously converted to candidate contributions, the Federal Election Commission said on Tuesday. The announcement, in a decision of a case involving Harley Rouda, a 2018 candidate in... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission asked a federal judge on Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a nonprofit loyal to former President Donald Trump that accused the agency of violating the Administrative Procedures Act. The 45Committee Inc., sued... Read More
WASHINGTON — A Democratic super PAC sued the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday claiming the agency failed to act on its charge that former President Donald Trump is making expenditures to advance a 2024 presidential bid without formally declaring his... Read More
WASHINGTON — Trouble with a longtime “caging” vendor has the Democratic National Committee and its senatorial campaign arm asking the Federal Election Commission whether they can retain and use contributions deposited after the 10-day deadline mandated by agency regulation. In... Read More
WASHINGTON — The internet platform Sprinkle sought an advisory opinion Friday from the Federal Election Commission on its business plan to boost young voter turnout by making it easier to connect with candidates who align with their values. Voter turnout... Read More
WASHINGTON — Individuals and entities who make independent expenditures to defeat or elect a federal candidate will now have to identify each person who made a contribution of $200 or more for the purpose of influencing the election, under an... Read More
WASHINGTON — A congressman’s use of campaign funds to install a locking steel security gate around his Florida home after he received a series of death threats would not violate federal campaign finance laws, the Federal Election Commission said last... Read More
WASHINGTON — The campaign committee for Senate Democrats has asked the Federal Election Commission to appraise the value of a “research book” it wants to provide to two Democratic candidates to aid in their bids to unseat an incumbent Republican... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Campaign Legal Center filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for its failure to act on a campaign spending disclosure complaint made against the campaign committee of former President Donald Trump. The CLC filed its complaint... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. W. Gregory Steube, R-Fla., has asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion on whether members of Congress can use campaign funds to protect their homes, up to and including paying for a locking security gate,... Read More
WASHINGTON — The recently updated Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates and Committees is now available in print, the Federal Election Commission announced Wednesday. The new guide is intended to provide an overall summary of the federal campaign finance laws that... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is free to rent the email list compiled by his principal campaign committee, Schiff for Congress, to promote his new memoir, “Midnight in Washington,” the Federal Election Commission said in an advisory opinion announced... Read More
WASHINGTON — Former Green Party candidate Jill Stein and her campaign committee, Jill Stein for President, are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia to review a Federal Elections Commission order that she repay $175,272 in... Read More
WASHINGTON - The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the FEC on Thursday accusing 18 super PACs of illegally pouring $200 million into competitive elections between 2017 and 2020 while allegedly concealing their ties to congressional leaders. In... Read More
WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission cannot be second-guessed on a 2014 decision on an administrative complaint because it relied in part on "prosecutorial discretion" in rendering that decision, a federal appeals court has ruled. The holding by the U.S.... Read More
WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission held this week that Pray.com, a free mobile application and website, won’t violate federal election laws if it invites members of Congress to produce five-minute statements on matters of faith. Pray.com, a for-profit corporation,... Read More
WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission granted a request from Republican lawmakers that they be allowed to use campaign funds to pay for personal security for themselves and their families. The National Republican Senate Committee and the National Republican Congressional... Read More
WASHINGTON – Federal agencies must take steps to expand access to voter registration and give their employees time off to vote or volunteer as nonpartisan poll workers, a new executive order from the White House says. President Joe Biden signed... Read More
