June 2008 Federal Election Commission Volume 34, Number 6

Table of Contents

(continued on page 2) (continued on page 4)

 Court Cases

1 Shays v. FEC (III)

 Reporting

1 Maryland Special Election 

Reporting: 4th District

2 Federal Register Notices

New Litigation

3 Democratic National Committee v. 

FEC

4 Advisory Opinions

 Legislation

5 House Delegate for Northern 

Mariana Islands

5 Nonfilers

 Web Site

5 Enhanced Presidential Campaign 

Finance Map

 Outreach

6 June 23-24 Conference for 

Trade Associations, Membership 

Organizations and Labor 

Organizations

7 Index

Court Cases Reporting

Shays v. FEC (III)

On April 11, 2008, the U.S. 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia denied the plaintiff’s 

“motion to enforce” the court’s 

earlier final judgment in the Shays 

III litigation.

Background

In response to the court decisions and judgment in Shays I, the 

FEC held rulemaking proceedings 

during 2005 and 2006 to revise a 

number of its Bipartisan Campaign 

Reform Act (BCRA) regulations. 

On July 11, 2006, U.S. Representative Christopher Shays and then 

Representative Martin Meehan (the 

plaintiffs) filed another complaint in 

district court. The complaint challenged the FEC’s recent revisions 

to, or expanded explanations for, 

regulations governing coordinated 

communications, federal election 

activity (FEA) and solicitations by 

federal candidates and officeholders at state party fundraising events. 

The plaintiffs claimed that the rules 

did not comply with the court’s 

judgment in Shays I or with the 

BCRA. The complaint also alleged 

the FEC did not adequately explain 

and justify its actions.

On September 12, 2007, the 

district court granted in part and 

Maryland Special Election 

Reporting: 4th District

The Special General Election to 

fill the U.S. House seat in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District 

being vacated by Representative 

Albert R. Wynn will be June 17, 

2008.

Candidate committees involved 

in this election must follow the reporting schedule on page 5. Please 

note that the reporting period for 

the Post-General report spans two 

election cycles. For this report only, 

authorized committees must use the 

Post-Election Detailed Summary 

Page rather than the normal Detailed Summary Page.

PACs and party committees that 

file on a quarterly schedule and 

participate in this election must 

also follow this schedule. PACs and 

party committees that file monthly 

should continue to file according to 

their regular filing schedule.

Filing Electronically

Reports filed electronically must 

be received and validated by the 

Commission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable filing 

deadline.

Electronic filers who instead file 

on paper or submit an electronic 

report that does not pass the Com-
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Federal Election Commission

999 E Street, NW

Washington, DC 20463

800/424-9530

202/694-1100

202/501-3413 (FEC Faxline)

202/219-3336 (TDD for the

 hearing impaired)

David M. Mason, Chairman

Ellen L. Weintraub, Vice Chair

Patrina M. Clark,

 Staff Director

Thomasenia Duncan, 

 General Counsel

Published by the Information

 Division of the Office of 

 Communications

Greg J. Scott, Assistant Staff

 Director

Amy L. Kort, Deputy Assistant 

 Staff Director

Meredith E. Metzler, Editor

http://www.fec.gov

Court Cases

(continued from page 1) Federal Register

Federal Register notices are 

available from the FEC’s Public 

Records Office, on the web site 

at http://www.fec.gov/law/law_

rulemakings.shtml and from the 

FEC Faxline, 202/501-3413.

Notice 2008-7

Filing Dates for the Maryland 

Special Election in the 4th 

Congressional District (73 FR 

24983, May 6, 2008)

denied in part the parties’ motions 

for summary judgment in this case. 

The court remanded to the FEC a 

number of regulations implementing the BCRA, including:

• The revised coordinated communications content standard at 11 

CFR 109.21(c)(4);

• The 120-day window for coordination through common vendors 

and former employees under 

the conduct standard at 11 CFR 

109.21(d)(4) and (d)(5);

• The safe harbor from the definition of “coordinated communication” for a common vendor, 

former employee, or political 

committee that establishes a “firewall’’ (11 CFR 109.21(h)(1) and 

(h)(2)); and

• The definitions of “voter registration activity” and “get-out-thevote activity” (GOTV) at 11 CFR 

100.24(a)(2)-(a)(3).

On October 16, 2007, the Commission filed a Notice of Appeal 

seeking appellate review of all of 

the adverse rulings issued by the 

district court. On October 23, 2007, 

Representative Shays cross-appealed the district court’s judgment 

insofar as it denied the plaintiff’s 

“claims or requested relief.” 

Court Decision

On November 7, 2007, Representative Christopher Shays (the 

plaintiff) filed a Motion to Enforce 

the court’s September 12, 2007, 

judgment that remanded certain 

regulations to the FEC for further 

action. In its September 12, 2007, 

Memorandum Opinion, the court 

expressly denied the plaintiff’s 

requests that the court enjoin the 

operation of the regulations, order 

the Commission to commence 

expedited rulemaking proceedings 

and adopt interim regulations, and 

retain jurisdiction over the matter 

to ensure the FEC’s timely and sufficient compliance with the court’s 

decision. In doing so, the court 

noted that under settled principles 

of administrative law, when a court 

reviewing agency action determines 

that an agency made an error of 

law, the court’s inquiry is at an end; 

the case must be remanded to the 

agency for further action consistent with corrected legal standards. 

While the court noted its assumption that “on remand, the Commission would act promptly, in light 

of the impending 2008 elections,” 

ultimately it is up to the agency to 

determine how to proceed next, not 

for the court to decide or monitor. 

Therefore, the court concluded that 

it has no authority to grant the relief 

plaintiff sought in his Motion to 

Enforce.

The court also found that the 

record provides no basis for granting plaintiff’s relief. The court 

noted that the FEC’s Response 

to plaintiff’s Motion to Enforce 

indicates that the Commission is 

currently undertaking the very steps 

that the court previously required 

it to undertake pending the appeal 

in Shays I, and the Commission is 

aware that it “must take significant 

steps during the appeal to prepare 

for possible new regulations.” In 

its Response, the Commission also 

highlighted competing priorities, 

including three major rulemakings 

necessitated by acts of Congress 

and a Supreme Court case, which 

preclude it from undertaking the 

type of immediate action plaintiff 

seeks. The court held that it “is 

in no position to grant the relief 

Plaintiff seeks, i.e., to essentially 

reorder the FEC’s priorities.” Given 

the fact that oral arguments on the 

FEC’s appeal of the September 12th

judgment were scheduled for May 

5, 2008, the court stated that in “the 

present posture, ... the Court lacks 

both a reason for and the authority 

to order the FEC to comply with 

any particular timetable in taking 

‘significant steps’ so that it will 

‘have new, fully compliant regulations ready for immediate implementation after the expiration of its 

appeals process.’”

 —Amy Pike
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Democratic National 

Committee v. FEC

On April 14, 2008, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) 

and the DNC Services Corporation 

filed a complaint in the U.S. District 

Court for the District of Columbia 

alleging that, since the Commission 

does not have the four commissioners needed to take certain actions 

on an administrative complaint 

filed by the DNC, the court should 

authorize the plaintiffs to act in the 

place of the Commission to pursue 

resolution of the complaint in court. 

The court dismissed the complaint 

on May 14, finding that, under the 

Federal Election Campaign Act (the 

Act), a party may only file such a 

complaint after the expiration of the 

statutorily mandated 120-day period. See 2 U.S.C. §437g(a)(8)(A). 

Background

According to the court complaint, the DNC filed an administrative complaint with the Commission 

on February 25, 2008, alleging 

that Senator John McCain and his 

Presidential campaign violated 

the Presidential Primary Matching 

Payment Account Act (the Matching Payment Act). The DNC alleged 

that Senator McCain’s campaign 

entered into a binding agreement 

with the Commission for the receipt 

of primary matching funds. Senator 

McCain subsequently informed the 

Commission that he was withdrawing from the Matching Payment Act 

Program, but the DNC alleged that 

his purported withdrawal violated 

the Matching Payment Act. The 

DNC alleged that Senator McCain 

had pledged the matching funds as 

collateral for a bank loan and thus 

may not withdraw from the program.

The Act provides that the Commission has 120 days from receipt 

of an administrative complaint 

before a complainant can file suit 

against the Commission alleging a failure to act, and 30 days to 

comply with any subsequent court 

declaration that the Commission 

has unlawfully failed to act. However, because the Commission has 

only two members at this time and 

four affirmative votes are required 

to take certain actions in handling 

an administrative complaint, the 

DNC’s lawsuit claimed that the 

Commission will not be able to act 

on its complaint in a timely manner, 

and thus the court should grant the 

DNC the right to pursue enforcement of the Act in court against 

Senator McCain and his committee.

Complaint

The DNC asked the court to:

• Declare that the Commission’s 

alleged failure to act on the DNC’s 

administrative complaint is contrary to law; and,

• Enter an order finding that it would 

be futile to direct the Commission 

to comply with the law within 30 

days and authorizing the plaintiffs 

to bring a civil action against the 

McCain campaign to remedy the 

alleged violations.

Order to Show Cause

The Commission filed a statement with the court suggesting 

that the court had an independent 

obligation to determine whether the 

court had jurisdiction over the case.

On May 2, 2008, the District 

Court issued an Order to Show 

Cause, directing the DNC to 

explain why the court should not 

dismiss the DNC’s complaint for 

being filed before the 120-day 

period had expired. In response, 

the DNC argued that the 120-day 

rule does not prohibit the filing of 

a court complaint, but only prohibits the court from acting on a 

complaint within the first 120 days 

after an administrative complaint is 

Enforcement Query 

System Available on 

FEC Web Site

 The FEC continues to update 

and expand its Enforcement 

Query System (EQS), a webbased search tool that allows 

users to find and examine public 

documents regarding closed 

Commission enforcement matters. 

Using current scanning, optical 

character recognition and text 

search technologies, the system 

permits intuitive and flexible 

searches of case documents and 

other materials. 

 Users of the system can search 

for specific words or phrases 

from the text of all public case 

documents. They can also 

identify single matters under 

review (MURs) or groups of 

cases by searching additional 

identifying information about 

cases prepared as part of the 

Case Management System. 

Included among these criteria 

are case names and numbers, 

complainants and respondents, 

timeframes, dispositions, legal 

issues and penalty amounts. The 

Enforcement Query System may 

be accessed on the Commission’s 

web site at http://www.fec.gov.

 Currently, the EQS contains 

complete public case files for all 

MURs closed since January 1, 

1999. In addition to adding all 

cases closed subsequently, staff is 

working to add cases closed prior 

to 1999. Within the past year, 

Alternative Dispute Resolution 

(ADR) cases were added to the 

system. All cases closed since the 

ADR program’s October 2000 

inception can be accessed through 

the system.

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New 

Litigation
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Reporting

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mission’s validation program by 

the filing deadline will be considered nonfilers and may be subject 

to enforcement actions, including 

administrative fines.

Timely Filing for Paper Filers

Registered and Certified Mail. 

Reports sent by registered or certified mail must be postmarked on or 

before the mailing deadline to be 

considered timely filed. A committee sending its reports by certified 

or registered mail should keep its 

mailing receipt with the U.S. Postal 

Service (USPS) postmark as proof 

of filing because the USPS does not 

keep complete records of items sent 

by certified mail.

Overnight Mail. Reports filed via 

overnight mail1 will be considered 

timely filed if the report is received 

by the delivery service on or before 

the mailing deadline. A committee 

sending its reports by Express or 

Priority Mail, or by an overnight 

delivery service, should keep its 

proof of mailing or other means of 

transmittal of its reports.

Other Means of Filing. Reports 

sent by other means—including 

first class mail and courier—must 

be received by the FEC before the 

Commission’s close of business 

on the filing deadline. 2 U.S.C. 

§434(a)(5) and 11 CFR 104.5(e). 

Forms are available for downloading and printing at the FEC’s web 

site (http://www.fec.gov/info/forms.

shtml) and from FEC Faxline, the 

agency’s automated fax system 

(202/501-3413).

48-Hour Contribution Notices

Note that 48-hour notices are 

required of the participating candi1

 “Overnight mail” includes Priority or 

Express Mail having a delivery confirmation, or an overnight service with 

which the report is scheduled for next 

business day delivery and is recorded in 

the service’s on-line tracking system.

Court Cases

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filed. Additionally, the DNC argued 

that the 120-day jurisdictional limit 

should not apply because the Commission lacks a quorum to initiate 

an investigation.

Court Decision

On May 14, 2008, the District 

Court dismissed the DNC’s complaint without prejudice. The court 

held that it lacked jurisdiction to 

hear the case because the plain text 

of the Act allows a party to file a 

petition with a court only after the 

expiration of the 120-day period. 

See 2 U.S.C. §437g(a)(a)(8)(A). 

The court also observed that the 

Commission could reach a quorum 

within the 120-day period. 

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 08-cv-00639.

—Meredith Metzler

date’s principal campaign committee if it receives any contribution of 

$1,000 or more per source between 

May 29 and June 14, 2008, for the 

Special General Election.

24- and 48-Hour Reports of 

Independent Expenditures

Political committees and other 

persons must file 24-hour reports of 

independent expenditures that aggregate at or above $1,000 between 

May 29 and June 15, 2008, for 

the Special General Election. This 

requirement is in addition to that of 

filing 48-hour reports of independent expenditures that aggregate 

$10,000 or more at other times during a calendar year.

Electioneering Communications

The 60-day electioneering communications period in connection 

with the Special General Election 

runs from April 18 through June 17, 

2008.

—Elizabeth Kurland

AO 2008-2

Eligibility for Candidate 

Salary Payments

The Commission released for 

public comment, but did not approve, a draft advisory opinion 

concerning a campaign’s payment 

of a candidate salary, when the 

candidate had no earned income 

during the year prior to becoming 

a candidate. The two members of 

the Commission discussed the draft 

advisory opinion and voted 2-0 

on a motion to approve the draft. 

The Commission was unable to 

render an opinion in this matter, 

as issuance of an advisory opinion 

requires the affirmative vote of four 

members of the Commission.

Advisory 

Opinions

Commission 

Calendar Always 

Up-to-Date 

 Between issues of the Record, 

you can stay up-to-date on the 

latest FEC activity by visiting 

the Commission Calendar on 

our web site at http://www.fec.

gov/calendar/calendar.shtml. 

The Calendar lists Commission 

meetings, reporting deadlines, 

conferences and outreach events, 

advisory opinion and rulemaking 

comment periods and other useful 

information. Each calendar entry 

links directly to the relevant 

documents, so you can quickly 

access detailed information on the 

subjects that interest you. 

 While you’re visiting www.fec.

gov, be sure to explore the rest 

of our site to review the latest 

campaign finance reports and 

data, research enforcement actions 

and litigation, read press releases 

and get help complying with the 

law. Visit today and add our site to 

your favorites.
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Campaign Guides 

Available

 For each type of committee, a 

Campaign Guide explains, in clear 

English, the complex regulations 

regarding the activity of political 

committees. It shows readers, 

for example, how to fill out FEC 

reports and illustrates how the law 

applies to practical situations.

 The FEC publishes four 

Campaign Guides, each for a 

different type of committee, 

and we are happy to mail your 

committee as many copies as 

you need, free of charge. We 

encourage you to view them on 

our web site http://www.fec.gov.

 If you would like to place an 

order for paper copies of the 

Campaign Guides, please call 

the Information Division at 

800/424-9530.

Maryland 4th District Special Election Reporting

Committees Involved in the Special General Must File:

 Close of Reg./Cert./Overnight Filing

 Books1 Mailing Deadline Deadline

Pre-General May 28 June 2 June 5

July Quarterly ——waived——

Post-General July 7 July 17 July 17

October Quarterly September 30 October 15 October 15

1 This date indicates the end of a reporting period. A reporting period 

always begins the day after the closing date of the last report filed. If the 

committee is new and has not previously filed a report, the first report must 

cover all activity that occurred before the committee registered up through 

the close of books for the first report due.

Nonfilers

Congressional Committees 

Fail to File Reports

The following principal campaign 

committees failed to file required 12 

Day Pre-Primary reports:

• Michael J Kelley for Congress 

(KY/4);

• Andrew Horne for US Senate 

(KY); and

• Joe Walsh for Congress (OR/3).

The 12 Day Pre-Primary reports 

for the May 20, 2008, Kentucky and 

Oregon primary elections were due 

on May 8, 2008. The Commission 

notified committees of their filing 

obligations prior to the reporting 

deadline. Committees that failed to 

file the required reports were subsequently notified that their reports 

had not been received and that their 

names would be published if they 

did not respond within four business 

days. 

The Federal Election Campaign 

Act requires the Commission to 

publish the names of principal campaign committees if they fail to file 

election-sensitive reports. 2 U.S.C. 

Legislation

House Delegate for Northern 

Mariana Islands

On May 8, 2008, President Bush 

signed into law Senate Bill 2739, 

the Consolidated Natural Resources 

Act of 2008 (CNRA). Section 711 of 

the CNRA gives the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands a 

“Resident Representative” to serve 

as a nonvoting Delegate to the U.S. 

House of Representatives. According to section 712, the first Delegate 

shall be elected during the 2008 

general election and take office on 

January 3, 2009. 

The Delegate from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands will join five other nonvoting Delegates in the U.S. House of 

Representatives, including American 

Samoa, the District of Columbia, 

Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands.

 —Meredith Metzler

§437g(b). The agency may also 

pursue enforcement actions against 

nonfilers and late filers on a case-bycase basis.

 —Meredith Metzler

Web Site

Enhanced Presidential 

Campaign Finance Map

The Commission has introduced 

a new and improved version of its 

Presidential Campaign Finance map 

on the FEC web site (http://www.

fec.gov). The map now includes 

detailed information on each candidate’s campaign expenditures. It 

also provides a number of enhanced 

viewing and searching options for 

information about campaign contributors. The upgraded map is an 

easy-to-use online tool for obtaining detailed information about the 

Presidential campaigns and how 

they spend their money, including 

the payee name, purpose, date and 

amount of each campaign expenditure. These improved features were 

included on similar maps for U.S. 

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Outreach

Index

The first number in each citation 

refers to the numeric month of the 

2008 Record issue in which the article appeared. The second number, 

following the colon, indicates the 

page number in that issue. For example, “1:4” means that the article 

is in the January issue on page four.

Administrative Fines

Update, 2:4; 4:9

Advisory Opinions

Alternative Disposition of Advisory 

Opinion Request, AOR 2007-36, 

3:8

2007-19: Nonprofit Corporation 

Qualifies as Membership Organization, 1:15

2007-22: Campaign Committee 

May Accept Volunteer Services 

from Foreign Nationals, 1:16

2007-23: State Party Committee 

Status for Independence Party of 

New York, 1:17

2007-24: Payment for Joint campaign Activities, 1:18

2007-25: Limited Liability Partnership Taxed as a Corporation, 2:7

2007-26: Disposal of Excess State 

Campaign Funds by Federal Candidate, 1:19

2007-27: Nonconnected Committee 

Solicitations for SSF Contributions, 2:8

2007-28: Federal Candidates/Officeholders Fundraising for Ballot 

Measure Committees, 2:8

2007-29: Donation to a Candidate 

for Local Party Office is Not Personal Use, 1:21

June 23-24 Conference 

for Trade Associations, 

Membership Organizations 

and Labor Organizations

The Commission will hold a 

conference for trade associations, 

membership organizations and labor 

organizations on June 23-24, 2008, 

at the Embassy Suites Convention 

Center hotel in Washington, DC. At 

the conferences, Commissioners and 

staff conduct a variety of technical workshops on federal campaign 

finance law designed for those 

seeking an introduction to the basic 

provisions of the law as well as for 

those more experienced in campaign 

finance law.

Attendees are responsible for 

making their own hotel reservations.

Call 202-739-2001 or 1-800-EMBASSY and identify yourself as 

attending the Federal Election Commission conference. To make hotel 

reservations online, visit http://

embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/

groups/personalized/WASCCESFEC-20080622/index.jhtml. The 

hotel will also charge the prevailing 

sales tax, currently 14.5%. Valet 

parking is available for $32.50 per 

night. The hotel is walking distance 

from Metro subway (Metro Center 

station); public transportation is 

recommended. (Note: Please do not 

finalize your travel reservations until 

you have received confirmation of 

your registration for the conference 

from our contractor, Sylvester Management Corporation.)

For additional information, please 

visit the conference web site at 

http://www.fec.gov/info/conferences/2008/tradememberlabor08.shtml.

For More Information

Please direct all questions about 

the June conference registration 

and fees to Sylvester Management 

Corporation at 1-800/246-7277 or 

by e-mail to tonis@sylvestermanagement.com. For all questions 

about the conference program, or to 

receive e-mail notification of upcoming conferences and workshops, call 

the FEC’s Information Division at 

1-800/424-9530 (press 6) or locally 

at 202/694-1100, or send an e-mail 

to Conferences@fec.gov.

—Dorothy Yeager

House and Senate campaigns that 

were added to the FEC web site late 

last year.

Introduced in June 2007, the 

FEC’s Presidential Campaign 

Finance map has provided information about each candidate’s stateby-state contribution totals, along 

with a list of contributors sorted by 

the first three digits of the donor’s 

zip code. The latest changes make 

it easier to view contributions from 

individual states and to download 

this information into a spreadsheet. 

Additional map features include 

graphs and charts that summarize 

each candidate’s campaign finance 

information. These displays can be 

used to compare each candidate’s 

cash-on-hand totals, receipts, disbursements and debt balance.

The Presidential Campaign 

Finance Map is updated within 

one day of the FEC’s receipt of the 

monthly electronically filed Presidential campaign financial disclosure reports.

For more information about the 

interactive map, contact the FEC 

Press Office at 202-694-1220 or 

press@fec.gov.

—Meredith Metzler

Web Site

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Need FEC Material 

in a Hurry?

 Use FEC Faxline to obtain 

FEC material fast. It operates 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Hundreds of FEC documents—

reporting forms, brochures, FEC 

regulations—can be faxed almost 

immediately.

 Use a touch tone phone to dial 

202/501-3413 and follow the 

instructions. To order a complete 

menu of Faxline documents, enter 

document number 411 at the 

prompt.
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2007-30: Matching Credit Card 

Contributions Under Public Funding Program, 1:21

2007-31: Earmarked Contributions Forwarded to a Presidential 

Candidate by a Nonconnected 

Committee’s Checks Not Matchable, 2:9

2007-32: Political Committee Status 

of Independent Expenditure Organization, 3:8

2007-34: Federal Candidate’s Endorsement of Nonfederal Candidate, 2:10

2007-35: Internet Toolbar Affinity 

Program for Political Committees, 

3:8

2008-2: Eligibility for Candidate 

Salary Payments, 6:4

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Update, 3:4; 5:4

Commission

Commission Amends Rules that 

Govern its Procedures, 3:3

Commission Publishes Notice of 

New and Revised Systems of 

Records, 2:4

Message from the Chairman, 1:1

New Chairman Elected, 1:2

New Vice Chair Elected, 3:2

Compliance

MUR 5888: Failure to File Timely 

Under Millionaires’ Amendment, 

2:1

MUR 5895: Personal Use and Prohibited Contributions, 3:1

Nonfilers, 3:4; 4:9; 6:5

Correction

2008 Coordinated Party Expenditure 

Limits, 4:10

Court Cases

______ v. FEC

– Citizens United, 2:1

– DNC, 6:2 

– Morgan, 1:4

– SpeechNow.org, 4:6

– Shays III, 6:1

– Tierney, 5:2

Beam v. Gonzales, 5:3

FEC v. ______

– Adams, 5:1

– Hearn, 1:5

– Reform Party of the USA, 4:1

Marcus v. Mukasey, 5:3

Legislation

House Delegate for Northern Mariana Islands, 6:5

Public Funding

Commission Certifies Primary 

Matching Fund Payments, 2:3

Dodd and Biden Certified for 

Matching Funds, 1:22

Kucinich and Hunter Certified for 

Matching Funds, 2:4

Outreach

Conference for Corporations and 

their PACs, 2:10

Conferences Scheduled for 2008, 

1:23; 2:11; 3:14; 4:10

June 23-24 Conference for Trade 

Associations, Membership Organizations and Labor Organizations, 5:6; 6:6

Orlando Regional Conference for 

House and Senate Campaigns, 

Political Party Committees and 

Corporate/Labor/Trade PACs, 

1:23

Seminar for Nonconnected Political 

Action Committees, 4:10; 5:6

Party Activities

2008 Coordinated Party Expenditure 

Limits, 3:6; 4:10

Regulations

Final Rules and Explanation for 

Electioneering Communications, 

1:1

Reports

April Reporting Reminder, 4:1

California Special Election Reporting: 12th District, 3:4

Illinois 14th District Special Election Reporting, 1:13

Indiana Special Election Reporting: 

7th District, 2:5

Louisiana Special Election Reporting: 1st and 6th Districts, 2:6 

Maryland Special Election Reporting: 4th District, 6:4

FEC Web Site Offers 

Podcasts

In an effort to provide more 

information to the regulated 

community and the public, the 

Commission is making its open 

meetings and public hearings 

available as audio recordings 

through the FEC web site, as well 

as by podcasts. The audio files, 

and directions on how to subscribe 

to the podcasts are available 

under Audio Recordings through 

the Commission Meetings tab at 

http://www.fec.gov. 

The audio files are divided into 

tracks corresponding to each 

portion of the agenda for ease 

of use. To listen to the open 

meeting without subscribing to 

the podcasts, click the icon next 

to each agenda item. Although the 

service is free, anyone interested 

in listening to podcasts must 

download the appropriate software 

listed on the web site. Podcast 

subscribers will automatically 

receive the files as soon as they 

become available–typically a day 

or two after the meeting. 

Mississippi Special Election Reporting: 1st District, 4:3

Reports Due in 2008, 1:5

Statistics

House and Senate Candidate Committees Raise $507 Million in 

2007, 5:1

Number of PACs Increases Slightly 

in 2007, 3:7

Party Committee Contributions 

Update, 4:7

Web Site

Enhanced Presidential Campaign 

Finance Map, 6:5
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