Obama to nominate Democrat, Republican to FEC
Source: Associated Press
Obama to nominate Democrat, Republican to FEC
Modified: June 21, 2013 at 6:33 pm • Published: June 21, 2013 •
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama intends to nominate two lawyers with government experience to become commissioners on the Federal Election Commission, the agency that oversees and enforces campaign finance laws. One of the nominees would fill a Democratic vacancy on the commission and the other would replace the Republican vice chairman, the White House said.
Obama's nominee to replace Republican Donald F. McGahn is Lee Goodman, who served as a top aide to former Republican Gov. Jim Gilmore of Virginia. Obama's Democratic nominee is Ann Ravel, the chair of the California Fair Political Practices Commission. She would fill the seat vacated earlier this year by Cynthia Bauerly.
If confirmed by the Senate, the FEC would have all of its six commissioners — three Democrats and three Republicans.The even partisan split on the FEC has at times contributed to gridlock on the commission with votes breaking along party lines.
Advocates of tighter campaign finance laws applauded Ravel's nomination Friday. While she was chair, the California Fair Political Practices Commission last year sued an Arizona nonprofit group for failing to divulge the source of money it used to fight a tax initiative proposed by California Gov. Jerry Brown. Under orders from the state Supreme Court, the group ultimately revealed that two conservative groups were behind its $11 million campaign.
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