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Expired Terms Loom Over FEC

With the August break fast approaching, campaign reform advocates are actively worrying about the possibility that Senate leaders and the president will use the recess as a way to bypass the confirmation process and sweep in a crop of new appointees to the Federal Election Commission.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday.
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Defense Sequester Policy Briefing

Defense Sequester Policy Briefing

Nobody seems to like the automatic Pentagon spending cuts set for January, but there is little Congressional agreement on an alternative.

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