National: Federal Election Commission dysfunction not just politics, it’s personal | Politico.com
Behind closed doors they snipe at each other. In public they question each other’s motives. And in front of Congress, they hang each other out to dry.
That’s life on the Federal Election Commission, a panel that is supposed to answer the most important questions in campaign finance law, but whose commissioners can’t always manage civility, never mind reach agreements on the biggest fundraising and spending questions it’s tasked to answer.
Matters are expected to get worse for the commission next year, thanks to numerous federal court decisions that will likely prompt a flood of questions the panel must consider. At the helm, there will be a new chairman, who will be elected on Thursday — likely Republican Caroline Hunter, the current vice chairman.