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The leader of the US Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with regulating the way political money is raised and spent, says she has largely given up hope of reining in abuses in the 2016 US presidential campaign, which could generate a record $10 billion in spending.
“The likelihood of the laws being enforced is slim,” Ann M. Ravel, the chairwoman, said in an interview. “I never want to give up, but I’m not under any illusions. People think the F.E.C. is dysfunctional. It’s worse than dysfunctional.”
Her unusually frank assessment reflects a worsening stalemate among the agency’s six commissioners. They are perpetually locked in 3-to-3 ties along party lines on key votes because of a fundamental disagreement over the mandate of the commission, which was created 40 years ago in response to the political corruption of Watergate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 05 2015, @08:04PM
How about 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and 2 Independents, Libertarians, Pastafarians, etc? As long as there is an even number of seats, the Rs & Ds have the same number of seats, and no other party has more seats than the Ds or Rs, they should all be equally unhappy. And isn't everyone being unhappy a good measure of fairness?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 05 2015, @08:09PM
Pastafarian is a religion, not a political group. I'm not against pastarians serving, just wanted to make that distinction.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Wednesday May 06 2015, @03:39AM
Yeap, me too. I'll have another serve of pasta with meat-balls anytime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford