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2 unusual facts about Federal Election Commission


A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights

When Jackson realized what happened he wrote to the Federal Election Commission and the House Ethics Committee to explain what happened and seek their advice.

Virginia Society for Human Life

VSHL was involved in a federal court case against the Federal Election Commission that was decided in 2001.


Bradley A. Smith

Having gained the attention of Republican leaders in Congress, in 1999 then Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, on the recommendation of Senator Mitch McConnell, sent Smith's name to the Clinton White House as the Republican choice to fill an upcoming Republican vacancy on the bipartisan Federal Election Commission, which oversees enforcement of campaign finance laws.

Bradley A. Smith (born 1958) is an American jurist and legal scholar, currently the Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law at Capital University Law School, who was Commissioner, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) between 2000 and 2005 and is best known for his writing and activities opposing campaign finance regulation.

Center for Competitive Politics

The CCP's mission statement is "through legal briefs, studies, historical and constitutional analyses, and media communication, to educate the public on the actual effects of money in politics, and the results of a more free and competitive electoral process." It was founded in 2005 by former Federal Election Commission Chairman Bradley A. Smith and Stephen M. Hoersting, formerly an aide to Smith and later General Counsel at the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Jack Roeser

In 2004, a Federal Election Commission complaint by a Washington, DC based group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, alleged that Mr. Roeser illegally funded a series of attack ads against Barack Obama who was running for U.S. Senate against Alan Keyes.

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission

The case takes its name from Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and the Federal Election Commission, the federal agency that oversees U.S. campaign finance laws.

Trenton, Michigan

Bradley A. Smith, professor of law; Clinton appointee to the Federal Election Commission, born and raised in Trenton, and graduated from Trenton High School in 1976.

United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

The most diverse subcommittee, it also oversees funding for the Executive Office of the President and the Office of Management and Budget as well as various independent federal agencies, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Election Commission, the National Archives and Records Administration, and Office of National Drug Control Policy.

William F. Schulz

From 1997 to 2005, Federal Election Commission records show that William F. Schulz contributed a total of $9,450 to the campaigns of Democratic Party politicians Gary Ackerman, Geraldine Ferraro, Carolyn McCarthy, Steve Israel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Edward M. Kennedy, Charles Schumer, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Bill Nelson and Al Gore.


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American Crossroads

In November 2012, the non-profit watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed an ethics complaint with the Federal Election Commission and a corresponding letter with the FBI, alleging that Crossroads GPS failed to disclose the identities of contributors who donated $6 million specifically earmarked to fund independent expenditures for Josh Mandel's 2012 Ohio Senate race.

McGahn

Donald F. McGahn II, American lawyer and member of the United States Federal Election Commission

Robert Tiernan

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974, and served as member of the Federal Election Commission,1975-1981.