NEW: Shana Broussard's historic appointment comes after a grim 15 months where the FEC was without power to enforce campaign finance laws while a backlog piled up of hundreds of enforcement cases. by @davelevinthal in @Politicsinsider ($) ow.ly/AcYA50CW85G
Symbolically, Broussard told @Politicsinsider that her appointment provides "encouragement that this is not an exclusive process for only some, but that the electoral process is open for all."
"The agency that promotes transparency should be led by people that represent and make themselves available to the public that they serve," she added.
Save for a few weeks in June and July, the independent, bipartisan FEC body charged with policing federal campaign money didn't have enough commissioners to conduct high-level business.
It couldn't complete investigations, issue fines, or pass new rules — all while federal political committees pumped an estimated $14 billion into Election 2020, obliterating past spending totals.
A backlog of about 400 enforcement cases now awaits Broussard and her colleagues. Bring it on, she said. "I am a fair person. I'm a hardworking person. I'm committed to the mission. And I'm committed to making sure that I do the best that I can and seek guidance when I need it."
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