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        April 3, 2024
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC implements new enforcement case closure procedures
      
      WASHINGTON – Effective this month, the Federal Election Commission is adopting new procedures for public disclosure of closed enforcement cases. These new procedures will continue to advance the agency’s disclosure ...
          Read moreApril 2, 2024
    
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  Statistical Summary of 12-Month Campaign Activity  of the 2023-2024 Election Cycle
      
      During the first 12 months of the 2024 election cycle, Presidential candidates collected $374.9 million and disbursed $270.8 million, Congressional candidates collected $1.3 billion and disbursed $718.7 million, political parties ...
          Read moreMarch 27, 2024
    
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  FEC approves Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on candidate security
      
      WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The Commission held over discussion of an advisory opinion request and approved a ...
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