Since Republican Commissioner Matthew Petersen resigned in August, the Federal Election Commission has only had three commissioners and lacked the four commissioners necessary for it to approve agency actions.Source: Blame for Lack of FEC Quorum Lies with Schumer, Not McConnell...
Ellen L. Weintraub is chair of the Federal Election Commission. Twitter’s surprise announcement on Wednesday that it would stop selling political advertising is an inflection point in paid political ads on the Internet.Source: Don’t abolish political ads on social media. Stop microtargeting....
One of my colleagues on the Federal Election Commission has been having a field day. This year’s chair, Ellen Weintraub, has attracted considerable attention thanks to the FEC’s important role in regulating and enforcing federal campaign finance law, which is a hot topic right now.Source: How My FEC Colleague Is Damaging the Agency and Misleading the Public...
It won’t stop foreigners from meddling in U.S. elections, but it would traduce free speech.Source: Honest Ads Act Is False Advertising...
Video The top Republican on the House Committee on House Administration the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) inspector general on Thursday to investigate the agency’s leader for allegedly using her position to publicly disparage President Trump, including making multiple media appearances inSource: GOP lawmaker requests FEC watchdog investigate chair's 'political' statements...
The House Ethics Committee revealed Monday that it is reviewing allegations of campaign finance violations against two GOP lawmakers. The committee announced that it is extending reviews of Reps. Ross Spano (Fla.) and Bill Huizenga (Mich.Source: House Ethics Committee reviewing two GOP lawmakers over campaign finance...
The chair politicizes campaign-finance law to support impeachment.Source: Liberal Meltdown at the FEC...
Group seeking names of donors to pro-Republican organization Federal election agency mocked for doing nothing, judge says A federal judge eased the way for watchdog groups to bypass a gridlocked Federal Election Commission in a decision allowing a lawsuit seeking to unmask secret donors to a major RSource: Watchdog Allowed to Sue on Donor Disclosure After FEC Won’t Act...
The election commission’s Democratic chairwoman said a Republican commissioner had blocked official publication of the memo. The Federal Election Commission chairwoman, Ellen L.Source: Federal Election Commissioner Posts Foreign Interference Memo on Twitter...
When will the Federal Election Commission be open for business? The House Committee on Administration is set to hold a hearing on the issue on Sept. 25, but members are unlikely to agree on an answer.Source: Democrats Want A New, Partisan Majority At FEC To Regulate Internet...
