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26 Sep 2007, 8:23 am
Dahlia Lithwick writes on Slate.com: Another one for you to file under "fox guards the henhouse": The Senate rules committee votes tomorrow (Wednesday) on whether to give Hans A. von Spakovsky a full six-year term on the Federal Elections Commission.... [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 2:38 pm
TPMmuckraker has this post, which begins: "Hans von Spakovsky, whose nomination for the Federal Election Commission is currently stalled in the Senate, may have left the Justice Department in 2005, but his influence remains. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 9:25 pm
BNA: “Staff auditors and attorneys for the Federal Election Commission raised questions about millions of dollars in contributions to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, but the FEC commissioners unanimously dismissed the staff concerns, according to a 2010 memorandum recently made public by the FEC. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 9:00 pm
Federal Elections Commission, 558 U.S. ___, slip op at 49 (Jan. 21, 2010) appears to be the first time the Supreme Court recognized the importance of blogs and in fact used the term "blog. [read post]
22 Nov 2013, 9:53 am
The Federal Election Commission split 2-2 and thus denied a request from the Tea Party Leadership Fund for an exemption from FEC disclosure requirements of names of individual contributors who contributed more than $200 to the group. [read post]
7 Sep 2006, 7:01 am
The Greeley Tribune reports: The Federal Election Commission recently cleared Colorado Democratic congressional hopeful Angie Paccione of charges that she improperly offered potential campaign donors gifts -- including trips to Washington for her swearing-in ceremony. ... [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 7:08 pm
From a Public Citizen press release: Public Citizen today filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the nonprofit group Americans for Job Security (AJS) has violated both the terms of its... [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 10:13 am
The Honolulu Advertiser offers this report, which begins: "The Federal Election Commission has admonished the U.S. [read post]
8 Jun 2008, 10:47 pm
The Washington Independent reports: Throughout this presidential primary season, the Federal Election Commission, which polices spending on campaigns for Congress and the presidency, has been dormant. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 12:05 am
Wall Street Journal editorial, Return of the Speech Police: You won’t read much about it in the Beltway press corps, but a behind-the-scenes effort is under way to lobby the Federal Election Commission and Justice Department to stifle free political speech the way the Internal Revenue Service did in 2012.... [read post]
23 Aug 2015, 12:55 am
: As some at the Federal Election Commission seek to broaden the power of the agency, critics are arguing that it's beginning to look increasingly like the Internal Revenue Service under Lois Lerner, who has been accused of using her office for... [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 1:52 pm
According to an article posted on the NY Times website, the section 501(c)(4) Americans for Prosperity reported spending $1.3 million on electioneering communications to the Federal Election Commission during 2010 (see FEC filings) but reported no political activity expenditures on... [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 8:26 am
BNA reports ($): "The Federal Election Commission is set to consider July 16 two competing draft advisory opinions regarding a key legal issue -- 'political committee' status -- with the dueling drafts suggesting that the FEC commissioners may again be... [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 8:34 am
Federal Election Commission overturned Austin v. [read post]
18 Mar 2007, 8:33 pm
The Las Vegas Review Journal reports: The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada for using $3,300 of his campaign funds to give Christmas bonuses to workers at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in... [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 12:40 am
From the Campaign Finance Institute: "The presidential candidates raised a combined total of nearly $552 million in 2007 for the 2008 primaries, according to year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on January 31. [read post]
24 Jun 2008, 8:44 pm
District Court in D.C. to compel the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate John McCain's decision to unilaterally withdraw from the FEC's matching funds program... [read post]
27 Aug 2010, 11:41 am
Updated The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 are opposing a political action committee's request for a Federal Election Commission advisory opinion that would let it raise unlimited contributions for independent expenditures. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 7:36 pm
Federal Election Commission all the more... [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 7:14 pm
The Courier reports: A state senator has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, arguing congressional candidate Ed Fallon is using his for-profit business to assist his bid for office. [read post]
