Senator McConnell's actions have left the FEC paralyzed. It's time to get the FEC back up and running
Playing politics with the FEC has left campaign finance controversies surrounding presidential candidates unanswered. That has to end as Melanie Sloan stated very clearly today:
The FEC chairman’s letter warning Senator John McCain that he cannot leave the presidential public financing system should convince President Bush and the Senate that it is time to get off the dime and reach a compromise to get the FEC back up and running. Smack dab in the middle of the presidential election is not the time to play politics with the FEC, the enforcer of the nation’s campaign finance laws. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell must allow individual votes on each of the four FEC nominees so that the FEC can be reconstituted and rule on issues such as whether or not Senator McCain can withdraw from the presidential public financing system. By blocking the vote on the four nominations, Senator McConnell has left the FEC paralyzed. This impacts not only Senator McCain, but leaves other important campaign finance controversies unanswered as well such as the legality of the ads being run in Texas and Ohio by the recently formed pro-Clinton 527 organization.
To: CREW
I am native american and live on the reservation. You are a very important group and I commend your group for taking a stand against corruption.
Our public officials who take an oath do not seem to take an oath very seriously. I wonder why?
Here on the reservation, our public officials are the same. Oaths of office do not seem to matter much anymore and maybe their concept of an oath is just a formality. At some point people who wanting to run for office need to take their oaths more seriously and that oaths are not just words. But a very serious committment to uphold an oath to the themselves, to the people and to a higher power. Just because the church and government are seperate, it does not mean that they do not have to hold themselves accountable.
Well maybe you're the next honesty entity to a higher power.
Thank you for being there for the people!
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time to get off the dime
SNAFU!