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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Republican members of the Federal Election Commission voted to end a probe of former U.
S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, even though staff attorneys concluded there was reason to believe that the Delaware Republican and her campaign violated federal election laws, newly released records show.FEC attorneys recommended in a March report that the commission find reason to believe that election laws had been broken by O'Donnell, her campaign committee and campaign treasurer, as well as the Tea Party Express and its treasurer. The FEC attorneys found grounds that the parties had made, accepted and failed to report excessive in-kind contributions in the form of coordinated expenditures.But agency records released this week show that the commission deadlocked 3-3 along partisan lines last month on whether to accept the recommendations of the FEC's office of general counsel, ending the investigation into a complaint filed by the Delaware Republican Party before O'Donnell captured the pa...A once-mysterious $400,000 check written to a "super" political action committee supporting Mitt Romney's presidential campaign rekindled a nagging question this ele...
John Edwards ' failed presidential campaign racked up close to $900,000 in expenses in 2011, according to newly filed finance reports, dropping thousands of dollars ...
Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords ' campaign is asking the Federal Election Commission whether she can use donations to help pay for security improvements recommend...
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A mysterious firm that gave $400,000 to help elect Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has direct ties to a married couple who already are among Romney's t...
The Federal Election Commission is recommending that an auto dealership formerly co-owned by Florida congressman Vern Buchanan be fined for "a scheme" to reimburse e...
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John Edwards' defense team brought out a parade of witnesses Tuesday to drive home two key points in his high-stakes corruption trial: the former presidential candid...
Prosecution, defense prepare closing arguments
FEC Won't Regulate Most Internet Political ActivityMonday, March 27, 2006PrintWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission decided Monday to exempt virtually all po...
Is it "anything goes" now in America's campaign finance system?John Edwards is acquitted of using campaign cash as hush money. There's an explosion of high-dollar su...
The Federal Election Commission said Thursday that comedian Stephen Colbert can use his TV show's resources to boost his political action committee, but he must disc...
After testifying on Capitol Hill for migrant farm workers and co-hosting a rally on the National Mall last year, comedian Stephen Colbert made a grand return to Wash...
Former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell says the Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint filed against her during last year's campaign by the ...
Despite a finding by the Federal Election Commission's general counsel that the Service Employees International Union violated election law when it required local af...
A watchdog group wants the Federal Election Commission to launch an investigation into the Fiesta Bowl for reimbursing its employees for campaign donations.In its co...
Former Sen. John Ensign of Nevada broke federal law, made false statements to the Federal Election Commission and obstructed a Senate Ethics Committee's investigatio...
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