NEW: The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is scheduled on Wednesday to conduct a confirmation hearing for three FEC nominees who would give the commission its first quorum in months. by @davelevinthal ($) @Politicsinsider ow.ly/urKR50CmW3x
On the docket are Republicans Allen Dickerson and Sean J. Cooksey and Democrat Shana Broussard, who if confirmed would become the Federal Election Commission's first-ever Black commissioner.
A lack of commissioners has largely sidelined the Federal Election Commission during the 2020 elections. Even before that, the nation's civil campaign finance law enforcer had endured numerous troubles.
Expect Democrats to use the hearing and the prospect that they could still win the Senate majority as a launching pad for a wider discussion about serious reforms to election regulations, including killing the FEC and then reanimating it stronger than ever.
"We need to stop treating the agency that's charged with keeping corruption out of our elections like a political pawn," said Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the Rules Committee's ranking Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate.
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