http://www.diatribune.com/the-mess-fec Comments for "The mess at the FEC" en http://www.diatribune.com/the-mess-fec <div class="story_summary"> <p>After months without a functioning Federal Election Commission, as reformers <a href="http://www.commonblog.com/story/2008/4/4/75422/92232">called on Senate leadership</a> to find suitable nominees and re-constitute the important -- if often ineffectual -- commission in time for the peak of election season, this week it <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002714026">looked like</a> we might have caught a break. &nbsp;Sen. Harry Reid's office spoke with the White House, and the White House sent six FEC nominations (three D, three R) to the Senate.</p> <p>How quickly hopes can crumble.</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.diatribune.com/the-mess-fec">read more</a></p> http://www.diatribune.com/the-mess-fec#comments FEC Fri, 09 May 2008 12:22:06 -0600 jzaharoff 3607 at http://www.diatribune.com