Legislation: Legislation Archive 109th Congress: FEC Reform

Legal Center Presses for Support of FEC Replacement Legislation

In letters to the full House and Senate, the Campaign Legal Center urged lawmakers to throw their support behind the Federal Election Administration Act of 2006 to replace the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The legislation would create a new and more effective regulatory agency with significant enforcement powers. Federal courts have repeatedly reprimanded the FEC for its failures to enforce the nation's election laws and replacing the Commission has become the only viable alternative.

Federal Election Adminstration Act of 2006

House Administration Committee Holds Hearings on FEC Enforcement Practices

On October 16, 2003 a key congressional committee heard testimony on the Federal Election Commission's controversial enforcement record. The House Committee on Administration, which has jurisdiction over campaign finance and election law matters, invited two sitting FEC commissioners and a slate of Democratic and Republican party lawyers and reform opponents to testify on the agency's enforcement practices at the hearing.

Legislation to Replace FEC with New Election Administration Agency Introduced in Senate and House

On July 10, 2003 U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) and U.S. Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Marty Meehan (D-MA) introduced legislation to replace the Federal Election Commission (FEC) with a new agency structured to strengthen administration and enforcement of Federal campaign finance law. The legislation is titled, "The Federal Election Administration Act of 2003."