White House Urged to Nominate FEC Commissioners Willing to Enforce the Law
Posted February 4, 2010 by CLC Staff

Enforcing the laws on the books is key to changing the way business is done in Washington. And the key to enforcing the law is cleaning house at the dysfunctional FEC - something sure to ruffle feathers on Capitol Hill. But as Legal Center Executive Director J. Gerald Hebert stressed in his letter to President Obama today, “it is a fight that your Administration must undertake to be true to the commitments you made during your presidential campaign, at your Inauguration, after the Court’s decision and at your State of the Union address.”

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Legal Center Urges White House to Nominate FEC Commissioners Willing to Enforce the Law

Today the Campaign Legal Center urged President Obama to take immediate steps to replace those members of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) serving expired terms in order to begin the housecleaning at the agency to ensure our nation's campaign finance laws are enforced. There is much to be done in the wake of the activist 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United.