FEC Wants Campaign Finance Decision Stayed
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Federal election officials have asked a judge to stay a ruling striking down several government regulations on political fund raising, arguing that rules interpreting the nation's campaign finance law are crucial as the election approaches.
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Federal regulators recommended Tuesday that a newly formed political group cannot accept unlimited contributions from donors if it wants to advocate for or against candidates for federal office.
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The controversial ambassador is in political limbo with a Senate committee vote deadlocked.
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It's been a month since control of Congress was decided, but Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla and Democrat Ciro Rodriguez are still campaigning as if the balance hangs on the outcome of their runoff.
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A group that helps female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights is asking a federal judge to block new campaign finance rules that it argues will cripple its ability to participate in state and local elections.
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Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell will have to abide by campaign finance limits even though rival Mike McGavick donated $2 million to his campaign, the Federal Election Commission ruled Tuesday.
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Presidential candidates may return contributions solicited for the general election campaign and accept public financing with its stricter limitations, the Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday.
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The former Senator remains on the ballot and could win delegates in his home state
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WASHINGTON With just weeks before the election -- there&#39;s concern that the rules on political fund-raising could be &quot;in chaos.
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Our position is: Politics trumped ethics in the House GOP vote to drop its no-indictment rule for the majority leader. When he was admonished by the House ethics committee last month for holding a golf fund
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The latest campaign finance reports filed late Thursday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ House campaign committees show that both spent freely in the run-up and immediate aftermath to the Nov. 7 elections.
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Election officials said a new rule barring hand recounts in 15 counties with touchscreen voting systems will remain in place until after Tuesday's primary &#151; despite a judge's invalidation of the rule.
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An effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should stay on the job appeared to be fizzling out Wednesday. Republicans, calling the move a political stunt, promised to block an up-or-down vote on the measure and Democrats conceded there's not likely to be any vote whatsoever.
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Presidential candidates have been selectively leaking their campaign fundraising numbers for the yearÃ¢ÂÂs second quarter, which ended June 30 Ã¢ÂÂ even though their official reports are not due to be filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) until Sunday, July 15. And the same is true of candidates for Senate and House races in 2008, especially those who think their money figures give them something to talk about.
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Both presidential candidates said they hoped to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election, when an official winner wasn&#39;t decided until more than a month after votes were cast.
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President Bush made his first move in fashioning his cabinet for a second term, asking his chief of staff, Andrew Card, to stay on, aides confirmed yesterday.
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Â· Super Tuesday may not be decisive for either party Â· Clinton seeks $10m more for post-February 5 drive