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As mandated by provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (``FECA'' or ``the Act''), the Federal Election Commission (``FEC'' or ``the Commission'') is adjusting certain expenditure limitations and the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold set forth in the Act, to index the amounts for inflation. Additional details appear in the supplemental information that follows.
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In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, EAC announces an information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. The EAC, pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(iii), intends to submit this proposed information collection (Election Administration in Urban and Rural Areas) to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for approval. The Election Administration in Urban and Rural Areas survey asks election officials questions concerning voter outreach and election personnel. EAC will conduct the survey as a way to obtain data and information for a mandatory report to Congress as stipulated under HAVA 241 (B)(15), which requires EAC to study ``[m]atters particularly relevant to voting and administering election in rural and urban are...
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American society is electrified as the presidential election draws near. This rarefied atmosphere will touch individuals and pervade the credit union community as November 2008 nears. Several rules guide institutional action in this regard: 1. The Federal Election Campaign Act and the Federal Election Commission's implementing regulations greatly curtail an organization's role in the election process. 2. Federally chartered institutions' permissible "donations" related to campaign actions are regulated. 3. Credit unions may engage in certain fund-raising activities that indirectly support specific candidates. 4. Credit unions may engage in some specific non-fund-raising actions. 5. Documented records and bookkeeping must support all credit union campaign actions. Credit unions and their...
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In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), FEC PROCUREMENT DIVISION is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of the FY 2010 Service Contract inventory. This inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that were made in FY 2011. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued on December 19, 2011 by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP's guidance is available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/ service-contract-inventories-guidance-11052010.pdf. The FE...
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Introduction. II. The History of Campaign Finance Law . A. In the Beginning: Early Campaign Finance Law B. The Enactment of the Federal Election Campaign Act C. The 1974 FECA Amendments D. Modern Campaign Finance Law 1. Buckley v. Valeo. 2. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. 3. McConnell v. Federal Election Commission.. 4. The Failures of FECA and BCRA: Ushering in A New Era of Soft Money. III. Putting it all Together: Problems Associated with 527s and Congress' Power to Regulate Them A. The Birth of 527s. B. The Problems Associated with 527s C. Congressional Regulation of 527s. IV. Possible Remedies to the Problems Associated with 527s A. Inaction by Congress. B. Restricting Expenditures. C. Strengthening Disclosure Requirements on 527s. D. Subjecting ...
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WASHINGTON - For U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. - with years of misreported campaign financial filings, acknowledged in April, and a formal complaint by a watchdog group earlier this month - life just got more complicated. Since December, the Federal Election Commission, which polices campaign finances, didn't have a quorum. That meant it couldn't act as Blackburn's campaign finance lawyer, Donald F. McGahn, worked with the commission's Office of General Counsel to explain how she failed to report $286,278 in expenditures and $102,044 in contributions in quarterly reports filed since she first ran for Congress in 2002.
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Act like PACs Last week, the Federal Election Commission fined MoveOn.org, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and two other groups a total of $629,500 for violating campaign-finance laws during the 2004 election," Bradley A. Smith writes in the Los Angeles Times.
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The Democratic National Committee and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Citizenship Education Fund Inc. run by Jesse Jackson yesterday each agreed to pay the Federal Election Commission $100,000 for violating the Federal Election Campaign Act. The fines are punishment for infractions resulting from a joint get-out-the-vote and voter-registration campaign conducted by the DNC and the PUSH fund during the 2000 election, according to FEC documents.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- TV ads currently appearing from the Joe Schwarz for Congress campaign and the Republican Main Street Partnership PAC are illegal under several regulations of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act, according to a former Federal Election Commission chairman serving as Counsel to the National Taxpayers Union Campaign Fund (NTUCF). The following is the text of a letter Bradley A. Smith sent to television stations across Michigan today, urging them to cease broadcasting both advertisements. (BEGIN LETTER TEXT)
