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September 8, 2023
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC requests public comment on improvements to report filing processes and website usability
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission is requesting public comment on ways the agency can improve its report filing processes and public website.“This public comment period will help us ...
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            in: Other agency actions February 2, 2023
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC announces 2023-2024 campaign cycle contribution limits
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission announced updated contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are effective for federal elections in 2023 and 2024.The Bipartisan Campaign Reform ...
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            in: Other agency actions February 2, 2021
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC announces 2021-2022 campaign cycle contribution limits
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission announced updated contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are effective for federal elections in 2021-22.The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of ...
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            in: Other agency actions September 11, 2019
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC remains open for business, despite lack of quorum
      
      WASHINGTON–On September 1, 2019, the Federal Election Commission began working without a quorum of four Commissioners. While the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), requires an ...
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            in: Other agency actions February 7, 2019
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC announces 2019–2020 campaign cycle contribution limits
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission announced updated contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are effective for federal elections in 2019-2020.The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of ...
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            in: Other agency actions September 21, 2018
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC welcomes new Senate electronic filing requirement
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission welcomed a new statutory provision making the Commission, effective immediately, the point of entry for all filings required under the Federal Election Campaign Act ...
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            in: Other agency actions May 30, 2017
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC introduces retooled, streamlined, user-centered website
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has introduced its new website, offering improved navigation and an array of intuitive new tools to mine the agency’s rich campaign finance data set. ...
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            in: Other agency actions February 2, 2017
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC announces 2017–2018 campaign cycle contribution limits
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission announced updated contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are effective for federal elections in 2017-2018.The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of ...
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            in: Other agency actions August 18, 2016
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC adopts interim verification procedure for filings containing possibly false or fictitious information
      
      WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission today announced an interim procedure staff will follow to verify information in filings from the 2016 election cycle that appear to be unlawfully false ...
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            in: Other agency actions December 22, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  District court issues opinion in *Stop Hillary PAC, et al. v. FEC*
      
      WASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Alexandria Division issued its Memorandum Opinion and Order in Stop Hillary PAC et al. v. FEC (Case ...
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            in: Other agency actions December 17, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC elects Matthew Petersen as Chairman for 2016; Steven Walther to serve as Vice Chairman
      
      WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission elected Matthew S. Petersen as Chairman and Steven T. Walther as Vice Chairman for 2016. Mr. Petersen has served ...
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            in: Other agency actions October 28, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  Tune In to Tomorrow's Open Meeting for  Debut of betaFEC Website
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission will unveil its betaFEC website at its next open meeting on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM, and is eager to hear public ...
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            in: Other agency actions October 23, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  Meeting Advisory: FEC to Unveil betaFEC Website
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission will unveil its betaFEC website at its next open meeting on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM. The beta version to be released ...
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            in: Other agency actions August 13, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC Announces the Selection of Daniel A. Petalas as Acting General Counsel
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission announced today that it has appointed Daniel A. Petalas to serve as Acting General Counsel beginning August 24, 2015, for a period of 120 ...
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            in: Other agency actions April 14, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC Marks Forty-Year Anniversary With Open House, Interactive Timeline
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today marked its fortieth anniversary with an open house and the introduction of a new, interactive timeline tracing landmark dates in the agency’s four-decade-long ...
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            in: Other agency actions March 20, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC Chart: 2015-2016 Campaign Cycle Contribution Limits
      
      WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission has posted a chart of the contribution limits that have been indexed for inflation and are in effect for federal elections in 2015 and ...
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        Press release
          
            in: Other agency actions February 13, 2015
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC issues interim reporting guidance for national party committee accounts
      
      Washington—The Federal Election Commission today issued interim reporting guidance for national party committee accounts.On December 16, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, ...
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            in: Other agency actions December 17, 2014
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC Statement on Campaign Finance Provisions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83)
      
      WASHINGTON – President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83) last night. Provisions of this law provide for the establishment of new accounts ...
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            in: Other agency actions September 17, 2014
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC Hosts Public Forum on Website Improvement
      
      WASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission hosted a forum today, seeking broad public input for its effort to improve access to campaign finance data and information through a redesign of the FEC.gov ...
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            in: Other agency actions April 23, 2014
    
    From: Press Office
  FEC Deploys Upgraded, Expanded Website Search Engine
      
      WASHINGTON–The Federal Election Commission today added an upgraded search engine to its website, which will allow the public to find and access agency information more easily."The enhanced system will ...
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