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FEC RIP?

06.30.09 -- 10:07PM
By Josh Marshall

There was a lot of high octane political news today. And with all that going on, I fear some of you may have missed this great piece we published this morning by TPMMuckraker's Zack Roth and TPM Research Intern Pete Martin. As Roth and Martin explain, the Republican faction on the Commission, operating on an ideological opposition to the very concept of campaign finance regulation, have essentially put the FEC out of the enforcement business.

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