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- Campaign funds 38
- Elections 36
- Political committees and parties 36
- Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 30
- Political candidates 18
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Communications Disclaimer Requirements
The Federal Election Commission is announcing a public hearing on proposed changes to its regulations governing disclaimers on campaign communications.
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Public Financing of Presidential Primary and General Election Candidates
The Federal Election Commission is announcing a public hearing on proposed changes to its regulations governing publicly financed Presidential primary and general election candidates.
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Electoral College Expenditures
The Commission announces its disposition of a Petition for Rulemaking filed on November 18, 1994, by Anthony F. Essaye and William Josephson. The petition addressed treatment of a presidential candidate's receipts or disbursements regarding the Electoral College process and the process of electing the President and Vice President by the United...
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Candidate Debates and News Stories
The Federal Election Commission is seeking comments on proposed revisions to its regulations governing candidate debates and news stories produced by cable television organizations. These regulations implement the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) which exempt news stories from the definition of expenditure under certain...
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Electronic Filing of Reports by Political Committees
The Federal Election Commission is seeking comment on proposed rules to implement an electronic filing system for reports of campaign finance activity filed with the agency. Although the agency has been working on the development of an electronic filing sytem for some time, the proposals in this Notice are also designed to reflect recent changes...
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Rulemaking Petition: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Notice of Availability
On July 11, 1996, the Commission received a Petition for Expedited Rulemaking from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The petition urges the Commission to revise its regulations regarding independent expenditures by national party committees in Congressional races to conform to the...
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Recordkeeping and Reporting by Political Committees: Best Efforts
The Federal Election Commission requests comments on proposed changes to its regulations requiring treasurers of political committees to exercise best efforts to obtain and report the complete identification of each individual who contributes more than $200 per calendar year. The proposed revisions would modify the required statement which must...
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Recordkeeping and Reporting by Political Committee: Best Efforts
On October 9, 1996, the Federal Election Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting comments on proposed changes to its regulations requiring treasurers of political committees to exercise best efforts to obtain and report the complete identification of each individual who contributes more than $200 per calendar year. The...
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Rulemaking Petition: Definition of ``Member'' of a Membership Association; Notice of Availability
On February 24, 1997, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from James Bopp, Jr., on behalf of the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. The Petition urges the Commission to revise its rules defining who is a member of a membership association in view of a recent court decision. The Petition is available for inspection in the...
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Independent Expenditures and Party Committee Expenditure Limitations
The Federal Election Commission is considering proposed new rules regarding independent expenditures and coordinated expenditures made by national, state and local party committees on behalf of federal candidates. The Commission is also considering possible changes to the regulations regarding the definition of ``coordination,'' which would...
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Prohibited and Excessive Contributions; ``Soft Money''
On May 20, 1997, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from five Members of Congress urging the Commission ``to modify its rules to help end or at least significantly lessen the influence of soft money.'' On June 5, 1997, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from President Bill Clinton asking the Commission to ``ban soft...
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Definition of ``Member'' of a Membership Association
The Commission is seeking comments on how to revise its rules governing who is a ``member'' of a membership association following the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Federal Election Commission. The Commission is not proposing specific amendments...
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Recordkeeping and Reporting
The Federal Election Commission requests comment on proposed revisions to regulations that govern recordkeeping, reporting, and filing with State officers under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (``the Act'' or ``FECA''). The proposed revisions, many of which are technical in nature, would clarify and simplify requirements...
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Rulemaking Petition: Definition of ``Express Advocacy''; Notice of Availability
On October 20, 1997, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from James Bopp, Jr., on behalf of the James Madison Center for Free Speech. The Petition urges the Commission to revise its rules defining ``express advocacy'' to conform with a recent court decision. The Petition is available for inspection in the Commission's Public...
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Qualified Nonprofit Corporations
On November 17, 1997, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from the James Madison Center for Free Speech urging the Commission to begin a rulemaking proceeding to conform portions of its regulations to a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. These regulations set forth the scope of the exemption from...
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Definition of ``Member'' of a Membership Association
The Commission is proposing revisions to its rules governing who qualifies as a ``member'' of a membership association to reflect the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Federal Election Commission. A membership association can solicit contributions...
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Recordkeeping and Reporting
The Federal Election Commission is announcing a public hearing on proposed changes to its regulations that govern recordkeeping, reporting, and filing with State officers under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended.
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Definition of ``Member'' of a Membership Association
On December 22, 1997, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') setting out proposed revisions to its rules defining who qualifies as a ``member'' of a membership association. The term is defined twice in the Commission's rules, and the definitions are identical. The NPRM sought comment on three alternative definitions,...
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Composition of the Commission
The Commission announces its disposition of a Petition for Rulemaking filed on December 4, 1997, by John J. Wheeling, Treasurer of the National Reform Party Organizing Committee. The petition asked the Commission to amend its rules to require either that two members of the current six-member Commission be affiliated with minor political parties,...
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Definition of ``Express Advocacy''
The Commission announces its disposition of a Petition for Rulemaking filed on October 20, 1997 by James Bopp, Jr., on behalf of the James Madison Center for Free Speech. The petition urged the Commission to revise its definition of ``express advocacy'' to reflect a recent U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision. The Commission has decided not to...