Federal Election Commission March 16, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On February 16, 2006, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking (``Petition'') from the AFL-CIO, the Alliance for Justice, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Education Association, and OMB Watch. The Petition asks the Commission to revise its regulations by exempting certain communications consisting of ``grassroots lobbying'' that otherwise meet the definition of an ``electioneering communication'' under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended. The Petition is available for inspection in the Commission's Public Records Office and on its website, https:// www.fec.gov. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows.