[EL] FEC deadlocks
Steve Klein
stephen.klein.esq at gmail.com
Thu Jun 30 18:57:57 PDT 2011
I'm not so sure about "deadlocks," but I think we can all agree that McGahn
has brought "flowing locks" to the FEC. And that's a great thing for any
agency.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
> **
> I pointed to Michael Franz's post in particular, because he has done
> empirical studies of deadlocks at the FEC and his impression that things
> have changed in the McGahn era. The analysis needs to be not only
> quantitative, but qualitative. The party line votes on disclosure,
> enforcement, coordination and the Citizens United rulemaking will turn out
> to be quite important as the 2012 election season gets into full swing.
> Indeed, the Republican Commissioners' vote on disclosure of which
> contributions must be disclosed to fund electioneering communications may be
> the single biggest change to campaign finance law this election season aside
> from Citizens United itself.
>
>
> On 6/30/2011 6:01 PM, Smith, Brad wrote:
>
> Over the last two years the FEC has unanimously decided 30 of 42 advisory
> opinion requests, and "deadlocked" on 4, or less than 10% for the
> mathmatically challenged. This is actually a historically high rate of
> deadlocks, but still far less than the impression one would get from
> listening to the reform community. If history is any guide, the percentage
> of "deadlocked" votes on substantive enforcement matters is even lower.
>
> Reformers have tossed this chestnut around for 20 plus years, attempting to
> fob off the failure of regulation in this area on lack of effective
> enforcement rather than a complex law, muddled objectives, legal setbacks in
> court, and a law and theories that simply do not work.
>
> As they like to say, anecdotes do not constitute data.
>
> *Bradley A. Smith*
> *Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Designated Professor of Law*
> *Capital University Law School*
> *303 E. Broad St.*
> *Columbus, OH 43215*
> *(614) 236-6317*
> http://www.law.capital.edu/Faculty/Bios/bsmith.asp
>
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> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu on behalf of Rick
> Hasen
> *Sent:* Thu 6/30/2011 7:01 PM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.EDU
> *Subject:* [EL] FEC deadlocks
>
> There's been a suggestion that the number of FEC deadlocks has been
> exaggerated. Below is a post from Michael Franz on the question, included
> among all the posts on my blog in the last couple of years in which the word
> "deadlock" appears (I've removed from this list those posts which don't
> involve the FEC):
>
> Search Results for: deadlock
> The Bigger Story at Today’s FEC: No New Soft Money Loophole; Jim Bopp, Like
> Stephen Colbert, Brings Some Unanimity to the FEC<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19997>
> Posted on June 30, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19997> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> While Stephen Colbert got all the attention<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fec-allows-colbert-to-form-super-pac-for-2012-elections/2011/06/30/AGxVGBsH_story.html>at the FEC today (link to commission
> audio <http://fec.gov/audio/2011/2011063001.mp3>), the more important
> substantive decision was the unanimous vote of the FEC to prevent the
> reopening of a soft money loophole <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19632>in campaign finance law. It’s not every day (in fact, it’s usually not
> *any* day) that the FEC’s actions get praise <http://bit.ly/lm9Xwc> from
> Fred Wertheimer.
>
> What happened and why?
>
> Here’s the back story: Jim Bopp announced the formation of a Republican
> “super PAC”–a political committee which does not make any contributions
> directly to federal candidates, and which, thanks to recent court and FEC
> rulings may take unlimited contributions (from individuals, corporations,
> and labor unions) to be spent on independent ads supporting or opposing
> federal candidates. What made Bopp’s proposal unique is that he would use
> Republican officeholders to raise unlimited sums for the Super PAC. It
> would not only create a “shadow” Republican party—it would get elected
> officials back in the business of raising unlimited sums from corporate,
> union, and wealthy contributors, effectively reversing the “soft money ban”
> put in place by McCain-Feingold. Not only did the Supreme Court uphold that
> ban in *McConnell v. FEC*<http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-1674.ZS.html>(in a portion of the opinion not touched by
> *Citizens United*), even Justice Kennedy<http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-1674.ZX2.html>voted to uphold key parts of the ban on elected officials soliciting
> unlimited funds to benefit their political parties.
>
> Democratic lawyers, including Marc Elias, in a savvy move, then filed an
> Advisory Opinion request, asking the FEC to rule on whether such unlimited
> fundraising is legal, or whether such solicitations need to be within the
> $5,000 limit for PACs which are not “super-PACs.” So Elias got the FEC to
> rule on whether Bopp’s plan is legal.
>
> Today the FEC voted on that advisory opinion request, saying that elected
> officials may *not* raise unlimited funds for super-PACs. I have not seen
> any news reports yet, but Sean Parnell tweets<https://twitter.com/#%21/seanparnellCCP/status/86454867312381952>that the Commission, on a 6-0 vote, approved a revised
> version <http://fec.gov/agenda/2011/mtgdoc_1137b.pdf> of Draft A to AO
> request 2011-12. It’s a good thing too, because it really would have
> eviscerated the soft money limits.
>
> Why was the FEC vote 6-0, when we’ve been seeing lots of 3-3 FEC deadlocks<http://electionlawblog.org/?s=deadlock>
> recently <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19927>, with the Republican
> Commissioners refusing, in my view, to fairly enforce the law?
>
> I think Jim Bopp’s proposal was a bridge too far, even for the three FEC
> Commissioners. Not only would there have been a public outcry, but I
> imagine the issue would have ended up in the courts, and created great
> uncertainty as the 2012 election season gets into full swing. It reminds me
> of when Judge Kavanaugh rejected <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=14454> a
> lawsuit by Bopp seeking to end the soft money limits. Judge Kavanaugh, no
> friend of campaign finance regulation, said that the time may come when the
> Supreme Court would overturn McConnell and hold the soft money limits
> clearly imposed by Congress as unconstitutional. But until then he was
> bound by Congress and the Court.
>
> So the three Republican commissioners deserve great praise today for their
> vote in this case, but I have low expectations going forward, given the
> Commissioners’ recent votes in coordination and disclosure cases, as well as
> their position on the post-*Citizens United* rulemaking.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
> election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
> Breaking News: Stephen Colbert Brings Temporary Bipartisan Harmony to the
> FEC <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19978>
> Posted on June 29, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19978> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> An eagle-eyed reader notes a new item<http://fec.gov/agenda/2011/mtgdoc_1138b.pdf>posted in connection with tomorrow’s meeting of the FEC: amendments to Draft
> A <http://fec.gov/agenda/2011/mtgdoc_1138a_and_b.pdf> of the Colbert
> advisory opinion, proposed by five of the six commissioners (all besides
> Republican Commissioner McGahn). This signals that things will go very
> smoothly (and I would guess rather quickly) at tomorrow’s FEC meeting.
>
> The draft comes closer to the position of the Democratic Commissioners
> rather than the Republican Commissioners’ initial position, and it seems to
> lessen the possibility that the Colbert opinion could have (inadvertently)
> opened up a wide expansion of the “press exemption” to further undermine
> campaign finance laws.
>
> Why would the Republican commissioners have agreed to this? The likely
> reason, as my tipster suggests and I agree, is the negative publicity that
> would come to the Republican commissioners had the FEC deadlocked and not
> issued an AO resolving all of Colbert’s issues.
>
> But don’t worry. Once the Colbert circus leaves the FEC tomorrow, the
> agency will go back to its usual partisan deadlocks and Republican
> Commissioner obstructionism, and be as good as dead<http://electionlawblog.org/?s=as+good+as+dead>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, federal election
> commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
> How is the FEC Like General Franco? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19887>
> Posted on June 28, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19887> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> It is still<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%C3%ADssimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead>
> dead <http://www.slate.com/id/2282257/>. BNA<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=21230839&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=21230839&jd=a0c8g0p2b8&split=0>
> :
>
> The Federal Election Commission has deadlocked over whether to proceed with
> an enforcement case involving allegations that Christine O’Donnell’s 2010
> campaign for the U.S. Senate in Delaware was illegally coordinated with the
> political action committee of the Tea Party Movement.
> A report from the FEC general counsel’s office recommended an investigation
> of the unsuccessful campaign of O’Donnell, a Republican, as well as the Tea
> Party organization, called Our Country Deserves Better
> PAC—TeaPartyExpress.org.
>
>
>
> The subscription-only BNA report details additional new documents showing
> campaign finance obstructionism by the three Republican FEC commissioners.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> “Draft Limiting ‘Super PAC’ Fund-Raising May Not Be FEC’s Last Word on
> Question” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19632>
> Posted on June 24, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19632> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=21191867&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=21191867&jd=a0c8e1d4d4&split=0>on the draft advisory opinion on next week’s agenda: “A draft advisory
> opinion ruling released by the Federal Election Commission would reject a
> proposal to allow national officials to help so-called Super PACs raise
> unlimited contributions….However, FEC officials said June 24 that they
> expect a competing draft to be released before the FEC meets to consider the
> pending advisory opinion on Super PAC fund-raising. The yet-unreleased draft
> may conclude that there should be no restrictions on federal and party
> officials’ fund-raising for these PACs.”
>
> Let’s be clear: that competing proposal would get party leaders back into
> raising soft money. If the FEC deadlocks again, and this leads to a green
> light to such a turn of events, it would be a very bad development in my
> opinion—reversing the other pillar of McCain-Feingold. It is not clear to
> me whether there could be preemptive court action if, as I expect could well
> happen, the FEC deadlocks on this issue on party lines.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> “U.S. Federal Election Commission Deadlocks on Greater ’12 Donor
> Disclosure” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19232>
> Posted on June 15, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19232> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Bloomberg reports<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-15/u-s-federal-election-panel-considers-increased-donor-disclosure-for-2012.html>.
> Quoth Craig Holman: “I’ve never seen an FEC this bad before..They’re just
> giving the green light to everyone saying, ‘We’re not going to enforce the
> laws; you can do whatever you want.’”
>
> As I’ve said, the FEC is as good as dead<http://www.slate.com/id/2282257/>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
> election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
> “Pattern of FEC Deadlocks Continues In Cases Involving Website,
> Disclaimers” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=18874>
> Posted on June 7, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=18874> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=21033513&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=21033513&jd=a0c8a4d2w2&split=0>.
> It also has a report on *Danielczyk<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=21033513&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=21033513&jd=a0c8a4d2w2&split=0>
> *and a possible ethics investigation<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=21033514&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=21033514&jd=a0c8a4d2y5&split=0>of Rep. Weiner.
>
> *
> *
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
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> FEC Dismisses Case Against O’Donnell; Reasons Unclear<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=18646>
> Posted on June 2, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=18646> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56122.html>‘s a *Politico*report. There’s a delay before the FEC releases its file. We’ll have to
> see if this dismissal is because a majority of the Commission found no
> problem with O’Donnell’s conduct, or if we have on our hands yet another 3-3
> partisan deadlock.
>
>
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
> Off
>
> “FEC Appears Deadlocked, Postpones Vote On Party Request to Fund
> Litigation Costs” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17722>
> Posted on March 16, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17722> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=20071783&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=20071783&jd=a0c6v2z8e7&split=0>
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> Off
> “Secret campaign ad financing in offing as FEC is deadlocked”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17588>
> Posted on February 28, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17588> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The *LA Times* offers this report<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-election-commission-deadlock-20110228,0,2505157.story>
> .
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
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> “The FEC Is As Good As Dead; The new Republican commissioners are gutting
> campaign finance law.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17343>
> Posted on January 25, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17343> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> I have written this Jurisprudence column<http://www.slate.com/id/2282257/>for
> *Slate*. It begins:
>
> Last week, the press was full of retrospectives on the one-year
> anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which
> freed corporate cash for use in federal elections. The Federal Election
> Commission, the six-member bipartisan body charged by Congress with
> administering and enforcing federal campaign finance laws, marked the
> anniversary with a 3-3 partisan deadlock over proposed rules to revamp those
> laws in light of the Citizens United opinion. Unfortunately, this was
> business as usual at the FEC: For the past several years the three
> Republican FEC commissioners have blocked enforcement of much of what
> remains of federal campaign finance law. As we enter the 2012 election
> season, the FEC is as good as dead, and the already troubling campaign
> finance world of secret unlimited donations is bound to get worse.
>
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
> Off
> CU Anniversary Roundup <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17306>
> Posted on January 21, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17306> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *Political Activity Law* rounds up<http://politicalactivitylaw.com/2011/01/21/in-this-a-m-political-law-report-almost-all-citizens-united-on-its-one-year-anniversay/>the opeds, including by Joel
> Gora<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704881304576093862005277084.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>(WSJ), Bossie
> and Olson<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012005149.html>(WaPo), and Jamie
> Raskin<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-raskin/happy-birthday-citizens-u_b_811681.html>(Huffpo). He also links to an NPR
> report<http://www.npr.org/2011/01/21/133083209/a-year-later-citizens-united-reshapes-politics>
> .
> See also this BNA report<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=19020632&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=19020632&jd=a0c6b9f7v1&split=0>on the FEC’s deadlock yesterday.
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> Off
> FEC Has 3-3 Partisan Split on *Citizens United* Rulemaking<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17301>
> Posted on January 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17301> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> As expected <http://electionlawblog.org/archives/018544.html>, the FEC has
> deadlocked 3-3 on the NPRM. Here<http://fec.gov/members/statements/GOPCommissionersCNPRMStatement1-20-11.pdf>is a statement of the three Republican commissioners. If and when there is a
> statement from the Democratic commissioners, I’ll link.
> *UPDATE*: Here<http://www.fec.gov/members/bauerly/statements/CLB_ELW_Statement_on_C_%20rulemaking.pdf>is a statement from Democratic Commissioners Bauerly and Weintraub.
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> Another Day, Another BNA Report on a Partisan Deadlock at the FEC<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17296>
> Posted on January 20, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17296> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> See Commissioners Deadlock on Case Involving Americans for Job Security,
> Buck Campaign<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=19009496&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=19009496&jd=a0c6b7a1x0&split=0>
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> “FEC Seems Headed for Continued Deadlock On Rule Following Citizens
> United Decision” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17282>
> Posted on January 18, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17282> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=19006139&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=19006139&jd=a0c6b5a6c8&split=0>on an
> agenda <http://www.fec.gov/agenda/2011/agenda20110120.shtml> following a
> sad, predictable pattern:
>
> A 143-page draft expected to be supported by the FEC’s three Democratic
> commissioners includes provisions that could require disclosure of all
> contributors above a threshold level to groups spending money on federal
> campaigns. The Democratic draft also includes a proposal to restrict
> campaign spending by companies that have more than a minimum level of
> ownership or control by foreign nationals.
> A rival 91-page draft believed to be backed by the three Republican
> commissioners excludes the proposals on disclosure and foreign nationals and
> concentrates more narrowly on eliminating existing regulatory provisions
> that restrict campaign spending by corporations and unions.
>
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> “FEC Deadlocks on Whether E-Mail To Sean Hannity Followers Broke Law”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17255>
> Posted on January 15, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17255> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=18964515&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=18964515&jd=a0c5x2q4w9&split=0>
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> “FEC Deadlocks 3-3 on Charges Involving Conduit Contributions,
> Coordinated Spending” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17210>
> Posted on January 7, 2011 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=17210> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA offers this report<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=18933706&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=18933706&jd=a0c5w1m6a0&split=0>
> .
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>
>
> “FEC Deadlocks on PAC Advisory Request: How the lack of a ruling impacts
> the future of PACs” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=15938>
> Posted on September 28, 2010 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=15938> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *The Strategist* offers this analysis<http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=pazqtmdab&v=001KOjYle_zlG_UZ6hIQhSudZomLvvg4hQ1PkKfORHIB1wLvv0xdoyTl-7jaLshSBs-RTdKFSNQJL-hmH1naZ6ADfpk_20S9znl9_PV9Pi_Gkk%3D>
> .
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> “FEC Deadlocks on Advisory Opinion Bid Asking for Unlimited Contributions
> to PAC” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=15909>
> Posted on September 24, 2010 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=15909> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=17833997&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=17833997&jd=a0c4g1q8d7&split=0>
> .
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>
> May 28 CRS Report on DISCLOSE Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=14968>
> Posted on June 3, 2010 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=14968> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Yesterday I wrote this post<http://electionlawblog.org/archives/016121.html>about a new CRS report which mentions the FEC’s potential role in enforcing
> the DISCLOSE Act, if it passes. I have now received a copy of the report and
> posted it here <http://electionlawblog.org/archives/CRS_Disclose.pdf>.
> Here is the relevant language about the FEC:
>
> Importantly, FECA requires that adopting rules and developing forms
> (among other provisions) requires affirmative votes from at least four of
> the six Commissioners. A series of deadlocked votes (e.g., 3-3 ties) among
> members of the current Commission, however, suggests that disagreement among
> Commissioners is possible–particularly on controversial or ambiguous aspects
> of the legislation.55 If disagreements resulted in deadlock or failure to
> implement the law as Congress intends, the DISCLOSE Act’s effectiveness
> could be delayed or compromised.
>
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> “FEC Deadlocks on Soft Money” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=14924>
> Posted on May 27, 2010 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=14924> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> CQ Politics reports<http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/05/fec-deadlocks-on-soft-money-qu.html>:
> “The fourth time was not the charm: the Federal Election Commission could
> not agree Thursday on whether members of Congress could raise unlimited
> funds for organizations pushing state ballot initiatives.”
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> “New FEC Draft Would Grant AO Request To Preempt State Laws Barring
> ‘Robocalls’” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13948>
> Posted on January 9, 2010 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13948> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=15896914&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=15896914&jd=a0c1u9y3w5&split=0>:
> “The existence of the new draft appeared to indicate that some in the FEC
> now are considering granting the American Future Fund request. Such a move
> would override laws in about a dozen states that currently ban or restrict
> nearly all automatically placed calls, including calls from federal
> political committees.”
> My prediction: 3-3 partisan deadlock.
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> “Deadlocked FEC Vote Dismisses Charges Of Illegal Contributions by
> Florida Company” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13841>
> Posted on December 12, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13841> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=15835185&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=15835185&jd=a0c1q6v8t3&split=0>on another 3-3 partisan split. In this case, though employees of the company
> investigated went to jail for illegal contributions, the FEC Republican
> commissioners voted against enforcement against the company under
> investigation. “Documents placed on the FEC website Dec. 10 indicated that
> the PBSJ case–designated Matter Under Review (MUR) 5903–was dropped after
> the six FEC commissioners deadlocked<http://eqs.sdrdc.com/eqsdocs/29044253724.pdf>3-3, along party lines, on an
> FEC staff recommendation <http://eqs.sdrdc.com/eqsdocs/29044253895.pdf> to
> pursue the matter.”
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> “FEC votes to render no opinion on Brunner campaign plan”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13655>
> Posted on November 5, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13655> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> And it was not<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/11/05/brunner_fec.html?sid=101>because of a partisan deadlock.
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> “Election Commission Decisions Deadlocking on Party Lines”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13469>
> Posted on September 27, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13469> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The *NY Times* offers this report<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/us/politics/27elect.html>
> .
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> “Commissioners Deadlock Again on Rulings About Key Campaign Finance Law
> Questions” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13166>
> Posted on July 30, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13166> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=14103976&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=14103976&jd=a0b9e6r4f3&split=0>($).
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> “FEC Ready to Consider Competing Drafts Of Advisory on ‘Political
> Committee’ Status” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13103>
> Posted on July 16, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13103> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=13967070&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=13967070&jd=A0B9A2K1J2&split=0>($): “The Federal Election Commission is set to consider July 16 two
> competing draft advisory opinions regarding a key legal issue — ‘political
> committee’ status — with the dueling drafts suggesting that the FEC
> commissioners may again be headed for deadlock over a contentious question
> of campaign finance law. The rival rulings drafted by FEC staff attorneys
> respond to a request for an advisory opinion (AO 2009-13) on behalf of a
> consulting company called Black Rock Group. The company is headed by two
> veteran political professionals with strong ties to Republican candidates
> and organizations, Carl Forti and Michael Dubke.”
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> FEC Republican Commissioners Go on the Offensive<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13091>
> Posted on July 14, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=13091> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Caroline Hunter<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_6/guest/36730-1.html?type=printer_friendly>(
> *Roll Call*): “Any superficial allegations about what has happened over
> the past year reflect fundamental misperceptions about why the commission
> exists and how the commission operates. As borne out by the FEC’s
> deliberately crafted and statutorily prescribed structure, limitations and
> powers, the law is not currently as some envision it.”
> Don McGahn <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24874.html> (*
> Politico*): “One choice is for commissioners to reject this activist
> approach, regardless of how the resulting ‘deadlock’ is portrayed. I have
> done just that.”
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> FEC Considering Alternative Drafts AOs on Coleman Paying His Legal Bills
> with FEC Funds <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12903>
> Posted on June 19, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12903> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> See here<http://minnesotaindependent.com/37285/fec-coleman-campaign-lawsuits>.
> It is possible that the FEC will adopt a different position than those in
> these drafts, or that there could be a deadlock.
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> “Reformers Fear Quick Vote on Sullivan Could Discourage Other Changes at
> FEC” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12889>
> Posted on June 17, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12889> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA has a must-read<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=13006704&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=13006704&jd=A0B8W7Y3X6&split=0>(or at least must-read if you have a paid subscription) report. “Despite
> these complaints [about deadlock at the FEC, officials and outside observers
> indicate privately that McGahn and Walther apparently continue to benefit
> from strong support on the part of key congressional leaders, including
> Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Majority Leader
> Harry Reid (D-Nev.). There appears to be little support on Capitol Hill for
> replacing either or both until sometime in 2010, at the earliest…Another
> veteran reformer, Craig Holman of the watchdog group Public Citizen, said he
> was surprised in May when Obama nominated Sullivan to replace Weintraub but
> mentioned nothing about replacement of other FEC commissioners, including
> McGahn. Holman noted that Weintraub, the one commissioner now slated for
> replacement, has been among the most vocal at the FEC in criticizing the
> Republican commissioners for voting to drop enforcement cases.”
> It confirms my fears that there’s nothing coming out of the Obama
> administration on FEC reform in the near term, and that the pattern of 3-3
> splits along party lines (primarily for ideological, not narrow party,
> reasons) will continue. At worst, soon-to-be Commissioner Sullivan will vote
> with the three Republicans in rulemakings and on AOs to further weaken
> enforcement at the FEC. If trends continue, expect to see much less
> regulation, and much less enforcement of regulation, as we enter the 2010
> and 2012 election.
> I will have more later today on the newest schism at the FEC.
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> “New FEC Pick Must Respect Law’s Boundaries”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12878>
> Posted on June 16, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12878> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Steve Hoersting has written this *Roll Call* oped<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_146/guest/35852-1.html>.
> A snippet: “The unease over Sullivan simmering among self-styled reform
> organizations is an extension of their attacks on the FEC for “partisan
> deadlocks” and a supposed failure to enforce “the law.” However, the split
> votes represent genuine disagreements between the commissioners and are
> shaped by Supreme Court rulings– not partisanship or flouting the law.”
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> “Senate Panel To Vote on Federal Election Commission Nominee”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12833>
> Posted on June 11, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12833> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> CQ Politics offers this report<http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003140097>.
> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=12914656&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=12914656&jd=A0B8W1M7K8&split=0>($) on bipartisan support for Sullivan, and says: “Schumer indicated during
> the hearing that he was aware of concerns about the FEC’s recent operations,
> including an increasing number of 3-3 deadlocked votes on enforcement
> matters and other items. The chairman indicated that his committee may focus
> on further FEC oversight in the future but did not want to bog down the
> Sullivan nomination.”
> A hearing on the problems at the FEC would be quite warranted<http://electionlawblog.org/archives/013813.html>.
> I wonder if Mr. Sullivan, if confirmed, will be joining Commissioner Bauerly
> (former counsel to Senator Schumer) in these partisan votes and statements
> of reasons. Commissioner Walther has generally voted with Bauerly and
> Weintraub, but he has not joined Bauerly and Weintraub in many of their
> statements of reasons in cases splitting the commissioners on party lines.
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> “Latest FEC Deadlock Frees McCain From Charges of Raising ‘Soft Money’”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12770>
> Posted on June 1, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12770> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA Money and Politics Report offers this report<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=12879701&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=12879701&jd=A0B8U9M8N4&split=0>($). Meanwhile, the FEC commissioners are even splitting along
> party <http://eqs.nictusa.com/eqsdocs/29044241171.pdf> lines<http://eqs.nictusa.com/eqsdocs/29044241180.pdf>over the “reason to believe” standard for investigations.
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> “The Republican Commissioners and the Meaning of the Deadlocks at the
> FEC” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12702>
> Posted on May 19, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12702> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Written version of a recent presentation<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/news.html?AID=1452>by Bob Bauer.
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> Franz on FEC Deadlocks <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12686>
> Posted on May 15, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12686> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Responding to this post <http://electionlawblog.org/archives/013660.html>,
> Mike Franz sends along the following thoughts:
>
> I saw your post on FEC deadlocks–I’ve been pondering this myself,
> especially in light of my forthcoming piece. I don’t have the vote data
> updated yet for this current time period, but my suspicion is that this is
> very unprecedented. And very much an indication of increased partisanship on
> the Commission.
> If I read the Wal-Mart statements correctly (and I only scanned them),
> the Democratic Commissioners voted against the advice of the General
> Counsel’s report. Granted, this action was for stronger regulation, but the
> perception–I believe–is that GOP commissioners “disrupt” the regulatory
> process by dissenting from the Democratic Commissioners’ AND the General
> Counsel’s desire to more strongly enforce the law. In other words, in the
> Wal-Mart case, the GOP commissioners were voting WITH the recommended legal
> advice.
> All told, the argument I make in the paper, that Commissioners dissent
> more often now than in years past, is confirmed with the FEC in the last
> year (this despite my not having the data on this last year). But I don’t
> think I expected this many 3-3 splits. I still feel that much of this
> current partisanship is driven by serious disagreement about the scope of
> the law, and not a conscious project by GOP commissioners to undermine the
> spirit of the law. But maybe these views are not all that different at the
> end of the day.
>
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> More FEC Deadlocks <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12680>
> Posted on May 15, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12680> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=12380744&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=12380744&jd=A0B8T0M0N5&split=0>($). Michael
> Franz <http://www.bowdoin.edu/%7Emfranz/research.htm>, are the number of
> deadlocks unprecedented?
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> “Reform Groups Call for Change at FEC, Citing Deadlocked Votes, Case
> Dismissals” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12567>
> Posted on May 1, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12567> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA offers this important report<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=12076124&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=12076124&jd=A0B8Q3U6Z6&split=0>($).
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> Brad Smith and Bob Bauer on FEC Deadlocks<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12435>
> Posted on April 14, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12435> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/blog/detail/what-does-it-mean-when-the-federal-election-commission-deadlocks>and
> here <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/news.html?AID=1447>.
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> “Deadlock: Rise of the Endless Election”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12412>
> Posted on April 10, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12412> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *Politico* offers this interesting report<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21049.html>
> .
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> “FEC Deadlocks on the Rise” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12397>
> Posted on April 9, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=12397> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *Roll Call* offered this report<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_114/news/33831-1.html>on Monday ($). See also this
> BNA report<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?lt=email&fname=A0B8J2N9B2&lf=eml>($).
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> “New Life for 527s? FEC Deadlocks Over Chamber of Commerce Spin-Off “<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11828>
> Posted on January 6, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11828> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> This post<http://womblepoliticallaw.blogspot.com/2009/01/political-gps-new-life-for-527s-fec.html>appears at “Political GPS” (Larry Norton and Jim Kahl).
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> “GOP Members Deadlock FEC, Undermining Positions on 527s, Embezzlement,
> Disclosure” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11808>
> Posted on January 2, 2009 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11808> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BNA Money & Politics Report offers this must-read report<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=11175428&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=11175428&jd=11175428>($).
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> “FEC DEADLOCKS OVER PROPOSED ISSUE ADS: DOES THIS SIGNAL A SHIFT TO MORE
> PARTISANSHIP ON THE COMMISSION?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11150>
> Posted on October 28, 2008 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11150> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Larry Norton, former FEC General Counsel and now in private practice, has
> started a blog with his partners. This blog post<http://womblepoliticallaw.blogspot.com/2008/10/political-gps-with-only-7-days-and.html>asks: “Does this deadlock portend ‘a new era of partisanship on the
> Commission,’ as suggested by FEC-watcher, Professor Richard Hasen? We think
> not.”
> Welcome to the blogosphere!
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> “FEC Deadlocks Over Issue Ads” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11060>
> Posted on October 23, 2008 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=11060> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *CQ Politics* offers this report<http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002978532>.
> With the new commissioners, will we be entering a new era of partisanship on
> the commission?
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