Category: Federal

  • Who’s raising the most money so far this year? We’ve got that data in eight states

    Posted on

    Campaign finance requirements govern the raising and spending of money for political campaigns. While not the only factor in an election’s outcome, successful fundraising can provide a candidate with advantages, such as the ability to boost name recognition and promote a message. In addition, fundraising can indicate enthusiasm for candidates and parties. The articles below…

  • Update: SCOTUS issues 5-4 ruling rejecting emergency appeal to Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy

    Posted on

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a 5-4 ruling on Sept. 1, denying a request to block enforcement of a Texas law banning abortion procedures after six weeks of pregnancy and authorizing private civil right of action related to violations of the law. The latter authorization allows private citizens to bring civil…

  • SCOTUS declines to act in emergency appeal to Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy

    Posted on

    The Supreme Court of the United States on Aug. 31 did not respond to an emergency appeal filed by a group of abortion providers seeking to block enforcement of a Texas law banning abortion procedures after six weeks of pregnancy and authorizing private civil right of action related to violations of the law. The latter…

  • Federal Register weekly update: 611 new documents added

    Posted on

    Banner with the words "The Administrative State Project"

    The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s overall regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From August 23 through August 27, the Federal Register grew by 1,344 pages for a…

  • SCOTUS roundup: noteworthy court announcements in August 2021

    Posted on

    Although the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is in its summer recess, the court has issued orders and opinions emanating from its emergency docket this month. The emergency docket refers to orders and opinions issued in cases that are not part of the court’s merits docket of cases that are scheduled for argument.…

  • SCOTUS adds two cases to its 2021-2022 term

    Posted on

    The U.S. Supreme Court accepted two cases for review during its 2021-2022 term on Aug. 23. With the addition of these two cases, the court has granted review in a total of 33 cases for the term, which is scheduled to begin on Oct. 4.  Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez concerns the right of non-citizens to a…

  • Federal Register weekly update: More than 2,000 final rules added so far in 2021

    Posted on

    The Federal Register is a daily journal of federal government activity that includes presidential documents, proposed and final rules, and public notices. It is a common measure of an administration’s overall regulatory activity, accounting for both regulatory and deregulatory actions. From August 16 through August 20, the Federal Register grew by 2,178 pages for a…

  • So far this year, 19 members of Congress have announced their retirement, on par with recent odd-numbered years

    Posted on

    So far this year, nineteen members of Congress have announced they will not run for re-election in 2022, in line with the average number in other recent odd-numbered years. The 19 members who have said so far they will not seek re-election include three members of the U.S. Senate and sixteen members of the U.S.…

  • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outraises National Republican Congressional Committee for the first time since April

    Posted on

    Six major political party committees have raised a combined $478 million over the first seven months of the 2022 election cycle. In July, the committees raised $83 million, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raised $7.0 million and spent $5.2 million in July, while the Democratic…

  • 0.8% of absentee/mail-in ballots rejected in 2020

    Posted on

    In the 2020 general election, voters cast 70.6 million absentee/mail-in ballots, and election officials rejected 0.8% of them, according to data released by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The number of absentee/mail-in ballots cast in 2020 marked a 111% increase over 2016. And by comparison, absentee mail-in ballot rejection rates in 2018 and 2016…