The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed FEC is something less partisan, and more principled: Democrats think the government should enforce campaign spending laws. Republicans don’t.
Guest: Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission chair.
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This episode originally aired in October 2019.
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