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WASHINGTON — President Bush sent the Senate a new slate of Federal Election Commission nominees Tuesday, an attempt to break a confirmation deadlock that has left the FEC without a quorum to conduct business.
Bush nominated Democrat Cynthia Bauerly, legislative director for Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; and Republicans Caroline Hunter, a member of the Election Assistance Commission, and Donald McGahn, former counsel for the National Republican Congressional Campaign. But he would not withdraw the nomination of Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department official who does not have Democratic support.
