FEC: CLC Comments Filed with the FEC in Rulemaking ProceedingsLegal Center Files Comments in "Candidate Travel" Rulemaking The Campaign Legal Center, together with Democracy 21, filed comments in the FEC's rulemaking to interpret the "candidate travel" provisions of the "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007." The new law provides that a candidate for the office of President or Senate may fly on a non-commercial flight only if the candidate pays " the pro rata share of the fair market value of such flight (as determined by dividing the fair market value of the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of comparable size by the number of candidates on the flight)." Candidates for the House are generally prohibited by the new law from flying on non-commercial flights.
Congress' intent in enacting the new travel restrictions was to end the long-time practice of candidates being subsidized for travel on non-commercial flights through the unsurprising generosity of corporations, wealthy individuals and others. Yet several of the Commission's proposed alternatives for implementing the new law would allow this practice of candidate travel on private airplanes being subsidized by others to continue.
The Legal Center's comments urge the Commission to reject any and all proposed provisions that would permit candidates to shift any part of the full cost of the non-commercial flight onto the plane's owner, other political committees, or non-campaign travelers. To read the comments filed by the Legal Center and Democracy 21, click here.
Legal Center Files Comments in Wisconsin Right to Life Rulemaking The Campaign Legal Center submitted two sets of comments in response to the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) request for comments on proposed revisions to its rules governing electioneering communications, in order to implement the Supreme Court's decision in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. To read the comments filed by the Legal Center, Democracy 21, the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and U.S. PIRG click here. To read the comments filed by the Legal Center and Bob Bauer click here.
Legal Center and Democracy 21 File Comments in NPRM 2007-14 To read the comments filed by the Legal Center and Democracy 21, click here.
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