Getting your player ready...
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed five nominees for the Federal Election Commission, breaking a partisan logjam and allowing the agency to resume functioning.
Though the FEC staff has been at work, the six-member commission has been inactive because it has not had a quorum to conduct business. The commission is the agency that regulates federal elections and campaign-finance matters.
The newly confirmed commissioners are Democrats Cynthia L. Bauerly of Minnesota and Steven T. Walther of Nevada, along with Republicans Caroline C. Hunter of Florida, Donald F. McGahn of the District of Columbia and Matthew S. Petersen of Utah.
