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Partisan deadlock has Federal Election Commission toothless

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 9, 2008 5:50 PM CST

(Newser) – As the 2008 election cycle kicks into high gear, the partisan wrangling over nominations to the Federal Election Commission has shut down the watchdog body, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Four of six seats on the commission are vacant, and nominations are gridlocked in the... Read full story »

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