[Lnc-business] FEC filings/reports

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

I believe the restraint isn't that there aren't candidates willing/able 
to serve on the FEC, but a combination of a deliberate desire to keep 
the FEC below quorum to limit their range of action, and the President 
having trouble getting nominees confirmed by the Senate generally. FEC 
nominees in effect require sign-off by President, Senate majority 
leader, and Senate minority leader, and those three aren't getting along 
all that often nowadays.

There is some quasi-precedent. In 1999, a "R seat" on the FEC opened up, 
and President Clinton said he would nominate whomever the Senate Rs put 
forward, so McConnell said he wanted a (small L) libertarian for the 
seat. Professor Bradley Smith ultimately was appointed, serving until 
2005.

JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837

On 2019-10-23 14:56, Daniel Fishman via Lnc-business wrote:
> Of course the FEC is currently paralyzed with only 2 of its 6 members
> currently seated, but that leads to a fascinating chain of thought:
> 
> Members are appointed by the President and only 3 can be from any one 
> party.
> 
> It occurs to me that it might suit this President's whimsy to appoint a
> Libertarian while the GOP still control the Senate. Would the LNC have 
> any
> interest in my trying to make the President aware of the idea?
> ---
> Daniel Fishman
> Executive Director
> The Libertarian Party
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> 
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 2:38 PM Tim Hagan via Lnc-business <
> lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:
> 
>> As far as I know, we have not submitted anything. I will look into the
>> potential changes. The Notice 2019-14 may be to force the FEC to 
>> create
>> forms for the segregated accounts, which they have not done since the
>> three segregated accounts became law. We have been following the FEC's
>> advice to report contributions to the building fund as Other Federal
>> Receipts, and report expenses from the building fund as Other
>> Disbursements. The itemized ones get a memo stating "Headquarters
>> Account".
>> 
>> ---
>> Tim Hagan
>> Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
>> 
>> On 2019-10-23 11:13, John Phillips via Lnc-business wrote:
>> 
>> > Have we submitted anything on these upcoming potential FEC changes?
>> >
>> > Notice 2019-13:  Currently list exchanges are unreported if they are
>> equal value (2002-14, Advisory Opinion to LNC). Petitioner wants ALL
>> exchanges reported.
>> >
>> > Notice 2019-14: Currently the form for segregated national party
>> accounts (Convention, HQ, Recount and legal) allows for 
>> inconsistencies
>> according to petitioner. Petitioner seeks to force all individual and
>> aggregate transactions to be reported by segregated account.
>> >
>> > Comments to FEC due Monday
>> >
>> > Notice of rule making was at end of August
>> >
>> > I don't have much more knowledge than that, it was just brought to my
>> attention.
>> > Nor is my area of expertise how much these potential changes might
>> affect us.  I understand there are some filing date changes as well.
>> >
>> > John Phillips
>> > Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>> > Cell 217-412-5973
>>