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FEC has not initiated rulemaking in response to 2019 petition

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The Commission takes no action to initiate a rulemaking in response to the 2019 petition.

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Federal Election Commission’s delay in responding to a 2019 petition for rulemaking violated the Administrative Procedure Act, granting summary judgment to plaintiffs (including Campaign Legal Center) and denying the FEC’s motion. The 2019 petition asked the FEC to begin rulemaking on contribution limits and the three types of separate, segregated accounts created by Congress in 2014. The court ordered the parties to file a proposed schedule by March 2, 2026 for the agency to provide a final response to the petition.
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Court documents and the FEC’s own press release state that, as of the district court’s January 30, 2026 Memorandum Opinion and Order, the FEC had not initiated a rulemaking in response to the August 5, 2019 petition. The Court found the agency’s delay violated the APA and ordered a schedule for the agency to provide a final response. Verdict: True — contemporaneous primary sources (the district court order and the FEC press release) confirm the Commission had not initiated the rulemaking by that date.

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  1. Update · Jan 31, 2026, 03:56 AMTrue
    Court documents and the FEC’s own press release state that, as of the district court’s January 30, 2026 Memorandum Opinion and Order, the FEC had not initiated a rulemaking in response to the August 5, 2019 petition. The Court found the agency’s delay violated the APA and ordered a schedule for the agency to provide a final response. Verdict: True — contemporaneous primary sources (the district court order and the FEC press release) confirm the Commission had not initiated the rulemaking by that date.
  2. Original article · Jan 30, 2026
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