Tag: Federal Election Commission

Ann Ravel is chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission and a former chairwoman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Regulator who backed Drudge crackdown might be next California AG

Rudy Takala · October 14, 2016 11:00 pm

FEC Republicans accused Democrats of trying to allow regulation of Facebook "postings and comments." (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Republicans accuse FEC Dems of trying to regulate Facebook pages

Rudy Takala · October 12, 2016 4:01 am

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FEC fight over regulating internet videos heightens

Paul Bedard · October 11, 2016 6:12 pm

FEC Commissioner Lee E. Goodman. Examiner Photo by Graeme Jennings

FEC Dems labeled ‘McCarthyites’ for Internet takeover

Paul Bedard · October 10, 2016 7:54 pm

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FEC Dem: No plan to regulate media, concerns ‘absurd’

Paul Bedard · October 7, 2016 5:52 pm

Complaint says Correct the Record spent $5.95 million supporting Clinton in coordination with her campaign. (Sean Simmers/PennLive.com via AP)

FEC complaint asks for crackdown on Clinton bloggers

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2016 8:33 pm

FEC war: Dems reject call to protect Internet news, talk radio from regs

Paul Bedard · October 5, 2016 5:49 pm

FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub submitted a last-minute proposal at their meeting Thursday that would limit political speech by companies that have foreign ownership as small as 5 percent. (Wikimedia Commons)

Another day, another Dem attack on free speech

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2016 4:01 am

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FEC Dems lay groundwork to ban Fox, WSJ political coverage

Paul Bedard · September 29, 2016 12:07 pm

Regulators on the Federal Election Commission are at odds over whether unregulated speech on social media could harm minorities by causing them to feel excluded. (iStock Photo)

Regulators spar over whether unregulated Internet harms minorities

Rudy Takala · September 27, 2016 7:39 pm

"We have a commission that people expect to be upholding the integrity of our electoral processes, and we are not doing that at all," Democratic Commissioner Ann Ravel told an audience at the National Press Club on Monday. "It is not happening in this election, and there's no likelihood that it will." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Election commissioner: Fire us all

Rudy Takala · September 26, 2016 4:45 pm

FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel wrote in a memo that said the federal government should turn on the cash spigot when it comes to financing candidates for elective office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

FEC commissioner calls on feds to ramp up candidate subsidies

Rudy Takala · September 26, 2016 11:52 am