In a rare show of public engagement, the three Republican Federal Elections commissioners authored an op-ed on POLITICO Wednesday. The op-ed served as a defense of the FEC’s seeming inability to effectively investigate alleged and blatant campaign finance violations.
The Federal Elections Commission decided on Thursday that same-sex couples married in states that recognize their union are not eligible to donate to campaigns jointly.
The filing deadline for political groups to turn records to the FEC is Monday the 15th. Big players like Obama’s Organizing for Action have already posted their earnings for the first quarter following the 2012 election.
As if the Federal Elections Commission wasn’t backlogged enough, Dan Winslow, a Republican candidate for the Massachusetts Senate seat vacated by John Kerry, is challenging the agency’s stance on marriage equality.
The Supreme Court announced its decision Tuesday to hear McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. It will likely become another landmark court case to define the campaign finance landscape nationwide. At stake are contribution limits to state and national party committees as well as PACs, which are biennially capped at $123,200 in aggregate.
Democrat Cynthia Bauerly is set to resign after four years with the Federal Elections Commission, she announced in a letter last week.
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing held this week on campaign finance in response to Citizens United featured Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig and his testimony.
