... And Democratic Elections
Election-law experts, supporters of campaign-finance regulations, and even some members of the commission itself are expressing growing concern about a string of cases in which the three repugicans on the commission -- led by Tom Delay's former ethics lawyer (I know, I know you can stop laughing now) -- have voted as a block against enforcement, preventing the commission from carrying out its basic regulatory function.
Even the normally mild-mannered Washington Post editorial board wrote recently: "the three repugican appointees are turning the commission into the little agency that wouldn't: wouldn't launch investigations, wouldn't bring cases, wouldn't even accept settlements that the staff had already negotiated."
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