Federal Election Commission
Federal Election Commission is named in 7 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1974 to 2025.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-30 | FEC Loses Policymaking Quorum After Commissioner Resignation Federal Election Commission · Commissioner Allen Dickerson (resigned) · Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (fired by Trump) · Commissioner Sean Cooksey (resigned) · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-26 | SpeechNow.org v. FEC Appeals Court Decision Creates Super PACs with Unlimited Contribution Authority David Keating · Federal Election Commission · U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-21 | Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Unleashes Unlimited Corporate Spending U.S. Supreme Court · Citizens United · Federal Election Commission · Justice Anthony Kennedy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1976-12-31 | Corporate PAC Explosion: 433 New Corporate PACs Formed in Post-Buckley Era Corporate America · Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Election Commission | confirmed | |
| 1975-04-14 | Federal Election Commission Begins Operations, Institutionalizing Corporate PAC Framework Federal Election Commission · President Gerald Ford | confirmed | |
| 1974-10-15 | FECA Amendments Enable Corporate PAC Formation, Triggering 1,600% Growth U.S. Congress · Federal Election Commission | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Donald Trump
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Business Roundtable
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Citizens United
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Commissioner Allen Dickerson (resigned)
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Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (fired by Trump)
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Commissioner Sean Cooksey (resigned)
1× shared
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
1× shared
Corporate America
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Dara Lindenbaum (remaining commissioner)
1× shared
David Keating
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Trade Commission
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Justice Anthony Kennedy
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Justice John Paul Stevens
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President Gerald Ford
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Shana Broussard (remaining commissioner)
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Trey Trainor (remaining commissioner)
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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U.S. Congress
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
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