Glossary Definition:

National Party Committees: Each national party has three separate committees that work to support their candidates - a national party committee, a senatorial committee, and a congressional committee. Respectively, these committees are: the National Republican Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee; and the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic National Senatorial Committee, the Democratic National Congressional Committee.

Statutes and/or Regulations:

Political Committees :

Definition of Political Committee: 11 C.F.R. § 100.5

Definition of Political Party: 11 C.F.R. § 100.15

Registration, Organization, and Recordkeeping by Political Committees: 11 C.F.R. §§ 102.1 - 100.17

Reports by Political Committees: 11 C.F.R. §§ 104.1 - 104.20

Coordinated and Independent Expenditures: 11 C.F.R. §§ 109.30-109.37

National Party Committees :

Definition: 11 C.F.R. § 100.13

Independent Expenditures: 11 C.F.R. § 109.36

Contribution and Expenditure Limitations and Prohibitions: 11 C.F.R. § 110.2; 110.3

General prohibitions on raising and spending non-Federal funds: 11 C.F.R. § 300.10

Prohibitions on fundraising for and donating to certain tax-exempt organizations: 11 C.F.R. § 300.11

Prohibited fundraising by national party committees: 11 C.F.R. § 300.50

Related Forms:

FEC Form 1 Statement of Organization filed by candidates, parties and PACs ; FEC Form 1 Instructions

FEC Form 4 filed by committees or organizations supporting a national nominating convention; FEC Form 4 Instructions

Commentary:

"Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees and the BCRA Supplement," the FEC

"Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates and Committees," the FEC

"Campaign Guide for Nonconnected Committees," the FEC

"Lessons Learned from McConnell v. FEC: An Analysis by Key Participants in this Historic Supreme Court Case," the Campaign Legal Center

Background to independent expenditures The Center for Responsive Politics

Relationship Between State and National Parties The Campaign Finance Institute

Reports:

National Party Summaries Through December 31, 2000

Summary Information on Political Party Committee Financial Activity Through June 30, 2002

Political Parties post-BCRA Michael Malbin

National Party fundraising The Center for Responsive Politics

Party Lines Study The Center for Public Integrity

House and Senate Independent Expenditures The Campaign Finance Institute

Independent and Coordinated Expenditure graphs The Campaign Finance Institute

Donor profiles for independent expenditures The Center for Responsive Politics

Other General Reference Materials:

DNC: http://www.democrats.org/

NRC: http://www.rnc.org/

Soft-money donor search The Center for Public Integrity