Senate Battle Over FEC Nominee May Hamper Agency's Ability to Act

Washington Post by Matthew Mosk | Oct. 26, 2007 (News Report)

With no resolution in sight to a partisan stalemate over one of President Bush's nominees to the Federal Election Commission, campaign finance experts said yesterday that there is a real prospect the commission could start the 2008 election year without enough members to take any official action. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Civil Liberties, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Election Reform, Congressional Oversight, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Mike LaBonte - Oct 26, 2007 - 9:20 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Mike LaBonte (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Mike Smith (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 29, 2007 - 9:01 AM PDT
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Not a particular good piece. Only one paragraph is devoted to the allegations against von Spakovsky. We don't hear Republicans asked to comment on the allegations.

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Mike LaBonte
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 by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Good set of viewpoints, well sourced. Important details regarding the objections to von Spakovsky are not given here, though.

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Mike Smith
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 by Mike Smith - Oct. 1, 2008
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