FEC Is Back to Full Strength
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Attention, presidential candidates: The referees are back on the field.
Yesterday morning, after a seven-month stretch in which it had been paralyzed, the full, six-person membership of the Federal Election Commission took its seats and announced the commission is back in business.
In its first official action, the commission elected a new chairman, Donald McGahn, who previously served as the lead lawyer for the House Republicans' campaign committee and handled legal work for former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.).
The return of the FEC came after the end of the Senate deadlock over one of President Bush's appointees, Hans von Spakovsky, who ultimately removed his name from consideration. During the tussle over von Spakovsky, the FEC had only two commissioners and was unable to take official action.
-- Matthew Mosk
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