The President intends to nominate Matthew S. Petersen of Utah, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission, for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 04/30/11. Mr. Petersen currently serves as Minority Chief Counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Prior to this, he served as Counsel on the U.S. […]
Category: FEC
Feature on 11-year-old Donor
The Times has a story on an 11-year-old who has contributed to a federal campaign and “also collected other donations.”
Senate Rules Hearing on FEC Nominees
The video for today’s hearing for three nominees to the FEC is online. As Richard Winger notes, the Committee did not vote on the nominees due to lack of a quorum. Roll Call has a late report: The Federal Election Commission will remain dormant for at least a few more weeks after private negotiations between […]