The EMILY’s List case that delayed part of the FEC’s decision, McGinley said, has the potential to go much further in allowing new money to be spent on political campaigns.

Instead of appealing the EMILY’s List ruling, the FEC will attempt to craft new guidance in the near future, according to a press release.

Traditionally, it has been assumed that for a given FEC code, a required post-FEC BER can be translated into an equivalent required pre-FEC BER. Called the FEC limit paradigm, this approach allowed ...