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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…

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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