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Public Campaign Praises Pres. Obama's Pick for Federal Election Commission Post
Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 2:54pm.

Today, Public Campaign released a statement lauding Pres. Obama's selection of John J. Sullivan to fill a vacancy on the Federal Election Commission. 


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Running Rings Around Finance Rules
Submitted by Burney Simpson on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 10:46am.
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Sen. McCain and the Republican National Committee are using election law loopholes to keep building his campaign war chest.
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FEC Commissioners Confirmed
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 3:27pm.
The Federal Election Commission is just about back in business following a months-long stalemate over the nomination of Hans von Spakovsky for one of the open seats on the Commission. Von Spakovsky later withdrew his name from the nomination process. With the confirmation of three Republicans and two Democrats by the Senate, the FEC will now have quorum to issue binding decisions.
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FEC Puts Up Roadblock to Small Donors
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 4:41pm.
The FEC has decided to keep in place a ban on online contributions from committees like ActBlue from counting towards matching funds from the presidential public financing program (remember the letter we wrote about this last week). This is a disappointing decision.
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FEC Considers Harmful New Ruling
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 10:39am.
This Friday, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is considering a ruling that would ban some small-dollar donations given through the web from triggering public matching funds for candidates who have opted into the presidential public financing system. You can read our letter to the FEC here arguing against such a ban here and sign your name to the letter. We will deliver this letter, along with all signatures, on Thursday.
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