FEC Reform Would Enshrine Partisanship
Special to Roll Call
Recently, four legislators, unhappy with the Federal Election Commission’s implementation of campaign finance reform, announced their proposal to replace this body of three Republican and three Democratic commissioners with a three-person “Federal Election Administration.” Ironically, the same lawmakers who have castigated the FEC as beholden to partisan interests have now introduced a bill that would reduce the agency to a pawn for the controlling political party.
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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article
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