FEC Blog

CREW Blogging About the FEC

November 3, 2011
Agency Nullification at the FEC
Op-ed by CREW's Executive Director Melanie Sloan and Craig Holam of Public Citizen. Originally published in Politico.

September 27, 2011
Another FEC Fail; Rep. Jeff Denham Case Closed
The FEC shut its case against Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), who illegally funneled corporate money from his state campaign account.

September 19, 2011
Another Victory for CREW…
The FEC slapped the Gregory Brown for Congress committee with a fine for violating campaign finance law.

August 30, 2011
CREW Wins Again
The FEC smacked a Maryland developer with a $55,000 fine after we caught him in a conduit contribution scheme.

August 23, 2011
Another CREW Victory
Thanks to a CREW complaint, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently hit the Minnesota GOP with a $170,000 fine.

June 30, 2011
An Unusually Good Day at the FEC
Breaking from its customary approach, the FEC made two significant, and nearly unanimous, decisions.

June 29, 2011
Christine O’Donnell Lies Again
So what’s more shocking: Christine O’Donnell caught in (another) bold faced lie, or the FEC exposed (yet again) as a thoroughly worthless agency?

May 16, 2011
Colbert Takes on the FEC
Stephen Colbert’s creation of a “super PAC” is both great comedy and educates Americans on the absurdity of our campaign finance system in a post-Citizens United world.

May 12, 2011
Senate Ethics Committee Releases Ensign Investigation
The Senate Select Committee on Ethics refers the Sen. Ensign case to the FEC and DOJ.

April 25, 2011
Solutions: Forcing Contractors to Disclose Contributions is a Good First Step
Each year, government contractors spend mountains of money to influence politicians, and then—in a remarkable coincidence—are richly rewarded with billions of dollars in government contracts.

April 18, 2011
Why Not Defund the FEC?
The agency charged with overseeing our elections has become a regulatory eunuch.

April 11, 2011
FEC Commissioner Don McGahn’s Op-ed Shows a Real Talent for Fiction
While Mr. McGahn’s role is to enforce the law to the best of his ability, it is perfectly clear he is not even trying.

March 24, 2011
FEC Fails Again
By the end of April, five of the six commissioners will be serving even though their terms have expired. It is time for the President to lead, and it’s time to fix the FEC.

March 15, 2011
CREW Calls on President Obama to Appoint New FEC Commissioners
CREW has joined with other good governance groups calling on President Obama to appoint new commissioners to the FEC.

March 11, 2011
Mr. President, Fix the FEC
At the very least, we should expect our government to enforce the regulations already in place. But not even that is happening.

January 6, 2011
The Expanding Influence of Hedge Funds
The industry's influence points to the need for strong campaign finance disclosure requirements in the wake of Citizens United - but will lawmakers backed by the hedge funds be willing to bite the hand that feeds them?