The Washington Times discusses President Obama’s position on holds over the years in this story mentioning Hans von Spakovsky. In 2007, Mr. Obama also put a hold on Hans A. von Spakovsky, whom Mr. Bush had nominated to serve on the Federal Election Commission. Mr. Obama disagreed with Mr. von Spakovsky’s support for allowing states […]
Category: FEC
What’s next for campaign finance reform? Two important hearings today give hints for what’s next (with photos)
The House Judiciary Committee and the House Administration Committee held hearings today on Citizens United and potential areas for reform. My photos are below. There are sure to be a lot of new avenues for reform and research arising from these hearings and the thoughtful testimony of the impressive witnesses. Although time was short and […]
Senate Hearing reactions
The Times has an AP report on yesterday’s Senate hearings on Citizens United. There’s no political risk in sitting on the legislation. Voters may feel big donors have too much influence, but that doesn’t mean they want government money given to candidates, either. After all, there’s already a public financing plan in place for presidential […]