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Hotlined FEC Vote in Jeopardy

  • By Matthew Murray
  • Roll Call Staff
  • Oct. 4, 2007, Midnight

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Wednesday derailed a plan blessed by Senate leaders to vote on controversial Federal Election Commission White House nominee Hans von Spakovsky, a move giving Democrats time to breathe in the ongoing Senate stalemate on FEC nominees.

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