Category: FEC

Catalist Operation Detailed

The Times reports on Harold Ickes’ for-profit company.  The political world is filled with polling firms, consultants and others that operate for profit. But Catalist’s business structure — and the political motives of its backers — have raised questions about whether the company is using its status as a for-profit company to shield its investors […]

DNC v. 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)

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 […]