FEC

With Election Just 4 Months Away, FEC Essentially Defunct as GOP Member Leaves for Koch-Funded Group
Citing Dark Money Fears, Coalition Raises Alarm Over 'Zombie' FEC During Pivotal 2020 Elections
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The FEC has no quorum as the nation heads into an election year.
"It is beyond belief that in this presidential year of enormous consequence, the nation's campaign finance enforcement agency is defunct."
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'Money Is Not Speech and Corporations Are Not People': Sanders Unveils Plan to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
Jon Queally, staff writer
Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speak at a rally in support of the Chicago Teachers Union ahead of an upcoming potential strike on September 24, 2019 in Chicago. (Photo: Scott Heins/Getty Images)
"You can't take on a corrupt system if you take its money."
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'Is This Thing On?': FEC Chair Forced to Remind Trump (Again) That It Is 'Illegal' to Solicit Election Help From Foreign Govs
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
President Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Florida.
"Oh, it's on—but someone isn't listening or can't read (or both)."
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Common Cause
Deadlock at Broken FEC Fails to Enforce Rule of Law on Trump-Daniels Violations
Campaign Legal Center
CLC Files Suit Against Iowa Values for Breaking Federal Campaign Finance Laws
Campaign Legal Center
CLC Calls for the Investigation of Michigan LLC and its Scheme to Hide the True Source of Campaign Contributions
Common Cause
Common Cause Urges FEC Rulemaking to Prohibit Billionaires from Evading Limits on Contributions to Party Committees as Michael Bloomberg Did
Campaign Legal Center
FEC Commissioner's Resignation Leaves Sole Agency Dedicated for Integrity of Elections Without Watchdog Authority
Common Cause
Common Cause Files Complaint Against Pro-Bernie Sanders Group Our Revolution for Violating Soft Money Ban
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Paul Seamus Ryan
The "Quid" Is a Crime: No Need to Prove "Pro Quo" in Ukrainegate
Craig Holman
A Category 6 'Big Money' Hurricane Is Coming. But With FEC Gutted, the First Responders Aren’t.
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