2/ This week, I published a “Draft Interpretive Rule Concerning Prohibited Activities Involving Foreign Nationals" on the http://fec.gov web site: https://www.fec.gov/documents/1796/mtgdoc_19-41-A.pdf …
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Funny story. The @FEC puts out a "Weekly Digest" of everything we do, an immensely helpful public resource. Check it out, and subscribe, here:https://www.fec.gov/updates/?update_type=weekly-digest …
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3/ GOP FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter took the altogether unprecedented step of objecting to its being added to the Digest and blocked publication of the whole Digest as a result.
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4/ I always thought these anti-regulatory people liked the First Amendment well enough. I guess they think it's just for corporations. I'm not fond of anyone trying to suppress my speech.
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5/ And I think the public should absolutely not miss out on this week's Digest. So! Because Commissioner Hunter has blocked the Commission from publishing the FEC's Weekly Digest, I have decided to publish the information myself here on Twitter. Here it is:
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@FEC's Weekly Digest Week of September 23 - 27, 2019 Commission meetings and hearings The Commission voted to cancel the executive session scheduled for September 24 and the open meeting scheduled for September 26.https://www.fec.gov/updates/september-24-2019-executive-session/ …Show this thread -
7/ https://www.fec.gov/updates/september-26-2019-open-meeting/ … Enforcement The Commission made public five closed cases and one Statement of Reasons, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System: https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/search/enforcement/ … MURs 6960 & 6991https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/matter-under-review/6960/ …
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8/ COMPLAINANTS: National Republican Congressional Committee; and Republican National Committee RESPONDENTS: Roger A. Stone; and SW Technologies, LLC d/b/a Advocacy Data (SWT) SUBJECT: The complaints alleged that SWT, a political marketing firm, and Stone,…
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9/ …SWT’s founder, president and CEO, violated the sales and use provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), by compiling a commercial mailing list using the names and …
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10/ addresses of contributors obtained from FEC disclosure reports, which was then used to make solicitations. DISPOSITION: The Commission entered into a conciliation agreement providing for SWT to pay a civil penalty of $25,000 and dismissed the allegations as to Stone.
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11/ MUR 7508 https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/matter-under-review/7508/ … COMPLAINANT: Robert Secaur RESPONDENTS: Friends of Sherrod Brown and Judith Zamore, in her official capacity as treasurer (the Committee); and Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool)
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12/ SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that Whirlpool made and the Committee accepted a prohibited in-kind corporate contribution when Whirlpool employees were depicted in a Committee campaign advertisement.
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13/ DISPOSITION: The Commission dismissed the allegations and closed the file. The Commission noted that the record indicated that Whirlpool specifically declined the Committee’s request to film on its property and requested that the Committee …
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14/ …clarify that the appearance of the Whirlpool logo and employees in the ad did not amount to an endorsement by Whirlpool. MUR 7545https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/matter-under-review/7545/ …
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15/ COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated RESPONDENT: Tea Party Majority Fund and Scott B. Mackenzie, in his official capacity as treasurer (TPMF) SUBJECT: In the normal course of carrying out its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine …
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16/ …whether there was reason to believe TPMF failed to provide supporting schedules on its disclosure reports for independent expenditures totaling over $1.8 million made during the 2016 election cycle, including disclosure of debts and filing of 48-Hour Reports.
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17/ DISPOSITION: The Commission entered into a conciliation agreement providing for TPMF to amend its reports to reflect independent expenditures and debts accurately at all times and to pay a civil penalty of $100,000. MUR 7611https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/matter-under-review/7611/ …
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18/ COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated RESPONDENT: American Delta Party and Suzan Korth, in her official capacity as treasurer (the Committee) SUBJECT: In the normal course of carrying out its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings …
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19/ …to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee received an excessive contribution of $25,000 from an individual and a $7,000 prohibited contribution from a limited liability corporation disclosed on its 2016 August Monthly Report.
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20/ DISPOSITION: The Commission entered into a conciliation agreement providing for the Committee to pay a civil penalty of $5,500. MUR 7270https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/matter-under-review/7270/ …
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21/ (Comite Pierluisi, Inc. and Hector Del Rio Jimenez, in his official capacity as treasurer) The Commission made public a Statement of Reasons by former Commissioner Lee E. Goodman, dated September 6, 2017: https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/murs/7270/7270_1.pdf …
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22/ Administrative Fines The Commission made public seven closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System: https://eqs.fec.gov/eqs/searcheqs
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23/ 3482 Eric for Us and Elizabeth Perez, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $445.
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24/ 3483 Daniel Freilich for Congress and Sondra Tova Freilich, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $291.
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25/ 3484 Angie Chirino for Congress and Jorge Mirabent, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.
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26/ 3485 Deedra 2018 for US Senate and Marlene Binnion, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $630.
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27/ 3486 Committee to Elect Tahirah Amatul-Wadud and Yasmin Tempro, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $1,702.
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28/ 3488 Mindi for Congress and Justin Messmer, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $1,387.
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29/ 3565 Jill Stein for President and Steven Welzer, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $728.
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30/ Litigation Level the Playing Field, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 19-5117) https://transition.fec.gov/law/litigation/LPF.shtml … On September 26, Independent Voter Project, Admiral James Stavridis, Senator Joseph Robert Kerrey, Senator Joseph Isadore Lieberman, the Honorable Clarine Nardi Riddle, …
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31/ …the Honorable David M. Walker, and the Honorable Christine Todd Whitman filed an Amici Curiae Brief in support of Appellants [ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/lpf_ivp_cx_amici_brief.pdf … ]; FairVote and the Coalition for Free and Open Elections filed an Amici Curiae Brief in support of…
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