“The likelihood of the laws being enforced is slim. I never want to give up, but I’m not under any illusions. People think the F.E.C. is dysfunctional. It’s worse than dysfunctional.”
— Federal Eelection Commission Chair Ann Ravel, quoted by the New York Times, on the worsening stalemate among the agency’s six commissioners who are perpetually locked in 3-to-3 ties along party lines on key votes.
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