Tag Archives: PACs

FEC Releases New Contribution Limits for 2011/2012 Election Cycle

Posted on February 3, 2011 by William McGinley

The Federal Election Commission chart listing the new limits can be found here.

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Politics Meets College Football

Posted on January 10, 2011 by William McGinley

The New York Times published an article yesterday discussing the activities of a political action committee (“PAC”) dedicated to forcing the NCAA to adopt a playoff system to determine college football’s national champion.  The PAC has adopted a fairly aggressive posture … Continue reading →

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Super PAC List

Posted on January 7, 2011 by William McGinley

The Center for Responsive Politics has published a useful list of Super PACs active in the 2010 election cycle.  A Super PAC is registered with and reporting to the Federal Election Commission, makes only independent expenditures, does not make candidate … Continue reading →

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SpeechNow.org v. FEC – Federal Court Strikes Contribution Limits To Independent Expenditure Groups

Posted on March 26, 2010 by William McGinley

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released its opinion this morning in SpeechNow.org v. FEC.  The court held that the contribution limits applicable to committees engaging solely in independent expenditures violate the First Amendment, but upheld the … Continue reading →

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FEC Reports – Receiving Letters from the FEC

Posted on September 1, 2009 by William McGinley

Politico published a story about a request for additional information (“RFAI”) letter Sarah PAC – Gov. Sarah Palin’s PAC – received from its FEC reports analyst – the FEC employee in charge of reviewing the PAC’s reports for compliance purposes. … Continue reading →

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