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America’s Top Elections Official Isn’t Happy
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The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed FEC is something less partisan, and more principled: Democrats think the government should enforce campaign spending laws. Republicans don’t.
Guest: Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission chair.
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This episode originally aired in October 2019.
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1510 episodes
Manage episode 246649953 series 2463633
The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed FEC is something less partisan, and more principled: Democrats think the government should enforce campaign spending laws. Republicans don’t.
Guest: Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission chair.
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This episode originally aired in October 2019.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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