Author: Eric Brown

Electronic Filing

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 13, 2008
Categories In Senate

Electronic filing of Senate candidates’ reports would be required by the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act. There’s some lobbying against an amendment to the bill providing for additional disclosure for non-profits.

DNC v. FEC

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 13, 2008
Categories In FEC

The Post reports today: The Democratic National Committee announced today it will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Monday to force Sen. John McCain to stay in the public financing system until he formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination in September. The lawsuit asks the Court to compel the FEC to conduct an investigation […]

437g(a)(8)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 13, 2008
Categories In FEC

What are options when you file a complaint and the Commission fails to act? 2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(8) provides: (A) Any party aggrieved by an order of the Commission dismissing a complaint filed by such party under paragraph (1), or by a failure of the Commission to act on such complaint during the 120-day period […]