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FEC: An Agency Tasked with Regulating First Amendment Activity
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

The Federal Election Commission is the independent agency charged with enforcing federal campaign finance law and enacting campaign finance regulations. The FEC was created after the Nixon Administration’s Justice Department pursued criminal campaign finance charges against the President’s critics. In light of that effort, Congress correctly rejected the idea of letting a future president effectively control a government agency tasked…

FEC Takes Light Touch with Internet Regulations

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March 24, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Brad Smith’s warnings, that bloggers and news organizations could risk the wrath of the federal government if they improperly link to a campaign's website, ...

Both Right on Endorsements

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January 31, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

In its rulemaking on coordinated communications, the Federal Election Commission, to its credit, is deciding how to restore endorsement advertising to electoral politics.  You ...

Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Coordinated Communications
January 13, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

The coordination provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act are among the least understood and most far reaching of the Act.

Synergy Leaves the Party

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January 26, 2004   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

President Bush will have a tough time appearing in endorsement ads for other candidates this fall under a ruling announced last Thursday by the ...

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