Finally, after months and months of Democrat obstruction, the Senate confirmed five nominees to the Federal Election Commission. This confirmation will allow the FEC to finally resume functioning.
The nominees were confirmed without dissent after drawn-out talks between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and a last-minute hang-up over a demand from Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., a campaign finance crusader, to meet with all five nominees.
Though the FEC staff has been at work, the six-member commission has been inactive because it has not had a quorum to conduct business. The commission is the agency that regulates federal elections and campaign finance matters.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement after the confirmation of the nominees.
“A fully functioning, bipartisan FEC is long overdue. I’m glad that Democrat obstruction on nominees is over so the FEC can now resume its critical role of enforcing election laws and ensuring that this election season is fair and equitable to all who are involved.”
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