Category: FEC

FEC Nominations Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 24, 2008
Categories In FEC

Roll Call ($) reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) office confirmed on Monday that a vote on five Federal Election Commission nominees is expected before lawmakers break later this week for the July Fourth recess.

FEC Nominations Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 23, 2008
Categories In FEC

The WSJ has this editorial on the FEC nomination situation. Roll Call (subscription required) reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday said he hopes to move a package of bipartisan presidential nominees to the Federal Election Commission this week, even though Reid blocked an effort by Republicans to vote on the picks late […]

Closed FEC Cases

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 22, 2008
Categories In FEC

The FEC recently released the files in several closed cases (from late 2007), including the file in MUR (Matter Under Review) 5464. In MUR 5464, the complainant alleged that money transferred by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) to the Alaska Democratic Party (ADP) exceeded the coordinated expenditure limits of the Act. ADP used funds […]