.@EllenLWeintraub has been fighting the good fight at the sinking ship agency, the @FEC, which is in charge of enforcing U.S. election laws. She has fought obstruction by her colleagues to protect our elections from foreign interference.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/18/stymied-by-polarized-agency-fec-chair-ellen-weintraub-finds-her-voice-trump-critic/ …
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But she can't do it alone. Without a voting quorum, the
@FEC is incapable of punishing lawbreakers. Congress and the White House are inviting more foreign interference in 2020, unless they take action quickly.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/fec-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share …1 reply 13 retweets 25 likesShow this thread
FEC reform would protect voters from foreign interference, like the campaign by Russia in 2016. The @FEC rarely does its job, but when it does, voters learn about secret influence efforts from foreign countries. (Usually with a little help from CLC.)https://campaignlegal.org/update/clc-complaint-leads-record-fines-foreign-interference-presidential-election …
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