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May 29, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  Commission certifies Mike Pence eligible to receive federal matching funds
      
      On May 16, 2024, the Commission certified that Mike Pence is eligible to receive federal matching funds in connection with seeking the Republican Party nomination for president for 2024.Certification ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Public funding May 8, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  AO 2024-04: Independence Blue Cross PAC is no longer affiliated with BluePAC
      
      Independence Health Group, Inc. (IHG) and Independence Blue Cross LLC Political Action Committee (IBC PAC) are no longer affiliated with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) or its separate ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions February 27, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  AO 2024-02: Federal candidate may request reimbursement from nonfederal sources for costs of brochures
      
      Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Citizens for Waters (requestors) may solicit and receive reimbursement from nonfederal sources for brochure costs because the reimbursements would comply with the source prohibitions, amount limitations ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions February 16, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  District court certifies constitutional challenge to coordinated party expenditure limits in *National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al.*, 22-639 (S.D. Ohio)
      
      On January 19, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio certified to the en banc court of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation February 14, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  Commission invites comments on segregated accounts of national party committees
      
      On February 14, 2024, the Commission published an inquiry notification in response to two petitions seeking new and revised rules governing the segregated accounts of national party committees. The ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Regulations January 31, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  AO 2023-09: Senator’s leadership PAC does not share contribution limit with nonfederal committee
      
      Senator Catherine Cortez Masto may establish a nonfederal committee to raise and spend funds exclusively in connection with nonfederal elections, subject to the contribution limits and source prohibitions of the ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions January 29, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  Coordinated party expenditure limits adjusted for 2024
      
      The 2024 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.For Presidential nominees, the limit is $32,392,200.For Senate nominees, the 2024 limits range from $123,600 to $3,772,100, depending on each ...Read more
      
      
      
        FEC Record
          
            in: Outreach January 29, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  Lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold increases (2024)
      
      The Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require certain political committees to disclose information about lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs whose bundled contributions within a covered period exceed a specified ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Outreach December 18, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Commission transmits 2023 legislative recommendations
      
      At its open meeting on December 14, 2023, the Commission unanimously approved legislative recommendations to send to Congress for consideration. The recommendations transmitted to Congress are available on the Commission’s ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Commission December 5, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Pending advisory opinion requests as of November 30, 2023
      
      Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.AOR 2023-08Solicitation ...Read more
      
      
      
        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions November 20, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  AO 2023-07: County party committee not affiliated with state party
      
      The Upshur County Republican Executive Committee (Upshur County) and the West Virginia Republican Party (State Party) are not affiliated for purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (the Act) contribution ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions August 11, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  AOR 2023-05: Alamo PAC
      
      On August 10, 2023, the Commission considered an advisory opinion request from Alamo PAC, the leadership PAC of U.S. Senator John Cornyn. The request asked whether the PAC may establish ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions August 1, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Pending advisory opinion requests as of July 31, 2023
      
      Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.AOR 2023-05 ...Read more
      
      
      
        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions July 13, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  FEC to host August 30 Candidate 101 Webinar (2023)
      
      On Wednesday, August 30, the FEC will offer a webinar for first-time candidates, potential candidates, their campaign committees and staff. Ahead of the 2024 elections, our Candidate 101: Getting Started ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Outreach July 12, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Appeals court reverses judgment in *End Citizens United PAC v. FEC* (22-5176)
      
      On June 9, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a district court decision that dismissed a suit brought by End Citizens United PAC ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation June 16, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Court denies plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in *Ready for Ron v. FEC* (1:22-cv-03282)
      
      On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) denied Ready for Ron's (plaintiff or RFR) motions for a preliminary injunction and partial ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation May 9, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  AO 2023-03: State party committee’s establishment of legal fund to challenge state law
      
      The Colorado Republican State Central Committee (the committee) and its chair may establish a legal fund to challenge a state law without the funds received and spent constituting contributions or ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions April 4, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  AO 2023-02: Corporations and their separate segregated funds are no longer affiliated
      
      After a spinoff, Humana Inc. (Humana) and KAH Hospice Company Inc. (KAH Hospice), and their respective separate segregated funds (SSFs), are no longer affiliated.BackgroundIn August 2021, Humana acquired ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Advisory opinions February 2, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Contribution limits for 2023-2024
      
      Under the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act), certain contribution limits are indexed for inflation every two years, based on the change in the cost of living since 2001, which ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Outreach February 2, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Coordinated party expenditure limits adjusted for 2023
      
      The 2023 coordinated party expenditure limits are now available.For Senate nominees, the 2023 limits range from $118,700 to $3,623,400, depending on each state's voting age population (VAP).For House ...Read more
      
      
      
        FEC Record
          
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