Congressional Democratic leaders’ request that President Bush app...
Congressional Democratic leaders’ request that President Bush appoint labor lawyer Robert Lenhard to a Democratic seat on the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) “is beyond disappointing,” said Meredith McGehee, pres. of the Alliance for Better Campaigns. In a statement released…
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Mon., she said the appointment of “an avowed opponent” of the McCain- Feingold campaign finance reform law now under attack in the U.S. Supreme Court was “symptomatic of why the congressional Democrats remain in the minority… and a transparent and hypocritical attempt to have it both ways: To claim support for campaign finance reform while working behind the scenes to chip away at the recently enacted law.” Lenhard is assoc. gen. counsel of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees and is part of a legal team that challenged the law’s constitutionality. He disputed charges he was opposed to the campaign reform, saying he simply was part of an AFL-CIO legal team that challenged specific provisions of the law, including those relating to broadcasting. If named to the FEC, he would replace Scott Thomas, who first joined the Commission as a legal intern and who supports McCain-Feingold and is seeking reappointment.