The F.E.C. Was Deadlocked for Years. Then a Democrat Sided With the G.O.P.
www.nytimes.com
Three Republicans and one Democrat have been voting together, loosening how money is raised and spent in politics at what one outside watchdog called “breathtaking” speed.
  • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
    253·
    5 months ago

    This is why many Americans believe there’s little that separates the two parties.

    • tb_@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 months ago

      Fair. But also this probably wouldn’t have been an issue hadn’t Trump filled it and the supreme court with his goons.

  • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    5 months ago

    Commissioner Dara Lindenbaum, a Democrat who has repeatedly crossed the aisle to vote with her Republican colleagues since President Biden appointed her

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      Her Wikipedia-level history doesn’t have any red flags. She had history in voting rights organizations one would generally expect to be pro-regulation.

      • solrize@lemmy.world
        12·
        5 months ago

        Biden’s appointment advisers might have known something that Wikipedia didn’t. They do vet and interview the person at some length, to avoid surprises. Tldr, Wikipedia is useless for this.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          “Wikipedia” is her employment history, which is usually the best tool anyone has of determining a new hire’s goals and philosophy. Sure, maybe behind closed doors she said “choose me, I’ll be a corporate stooge”, but she also could have just been a corporate stooge who kept her mouth shut during vetting or a much more mundane regulator who was corrupted after gaining power. Vetters aren’t omniscient and corruption is often extremely banal.