FEC Slaps SEIU With $260,000 Penalty

• By Amy Keller
• ROLL CALL STAFF
• Nov. 13, 2003, Midnight

The Service Employees International Union gave Democratic presidential frontrunner Howard Dean its official blessing Wednesday, the same day the Federal Election Commission announced it had hit SEIU and several affiliates with $260,000 in fines related to improper record-keeping and other violations of the law.