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Too, is stepping down from his job as commissioner of the fec. that will be in effect as of this weekend. that will mean the fec will be down to three members which is not a quorum. heading right into the 2020 election when im sure there will be nothing to worry about in terms of election law in campaign finance and election irregularities. there is a explicit set of rules for what the fec can do when they dont have a quorum, specific instructions for that scenario. quote, if less than four memb...

Board of commissioners that oversees the fec. today, though, it went to a different level. today we learned the fec is about to lose one of its existing commissioners. when that happens, the fec will no longer have enough commissioners to have a quorum, which means heading into the 2020 presidential season, the federal agency thats in charge of making sure theres no monkey business in our elections, that theres no monkey business, no shenanigans in terms of money around our elections, they have ...

Existing commissioners. when that happens, the fec will no longer have enough commissioners to have a quorum, which means heading into the 2020 presidential season, the federal agency that is in charge of making sure there is no monkey business in our elections, theres no monkey business, no shenanigans in terms of money around our elections, they have just had their last tooth pulled. and there has been a lot of alarm expressed in response to this news this afternoon in terms of what this means...

Strength, it could open investigations, issue rules -- as you said cant do without a quorum -- the president would be responsible for appointing both republican and democrat members to the open seats, right? >> yes. usually what happens is the seats of the opposition party to the president are filled on the recommendation of the leaders of that party in the senate, often with the leaders in the house. >> ellen weintraub, chair of the commission. please keep us apprised. i understand if this does...

Ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy and the power of 1 2 3. ♪ trelegy 1-2-3 save at trelegy.com when every seat is taken, the federal election commission has six members split along party lines. three republicans and three democrats. that hasnt happened for a while. one democratic commissioner left in april 2017, then a republican commissioner left in early 2018. neither of them was replaced. that left the fec with four members which is the bare minimum you need for a quorum. the federa...

Its doors. we have a dedicated staff who will continue to show up for work every day and we will make sure we fulfill our core mission of disclosure, of following the money and making sure the american people can follow the money and find out who is supporting which candidates and how they are spending their money. and that can happen without a quorum. however, it is definitely not good for us not to have a quorum because we can continue to do investigations that have already been authorized, bu...

When youve only got the bare four. there really is no excuse for the fact that the positions that have been vacant, as you pointed out, for over two years in one case and year and a half in the other case, have not been filled. however, trying to talk you down again. congress and the president can act and can act quickly if they are motivated. in fact, commissioner peterson is a great example of that. he was nominated and then confirmed 12 days later. so it is possible nort president to nominate...

And its complicated because you have to have everybody in the room in order to have a meeting. and if one person is ill or leave town for whatever reason, they can phone in, but its hard to maintain a quorum when youve only got the bare four. and there really is no excuse for the fact that the positions that have been vacant, as you pointed out, for over two years in one case and a year and a half in another case have not been filled. however -- trying to talk you down again -- congress and the ...

In theory because they did have four members, they did have a quorum. now as of today, they wont even have that. republican fec commissioner matthew peterson announced today that he, too, is stepping down from his job as commissioner of the fec. that will be in effect as of this weekend. that will mean the fec will be down to three members which is nos not a quorum, heading right into the 2020 election. im sure there will be nothing to worry about in terms of election law and campaign finance ir...

Concept for talking to you about this. this to me seems very alarming and im hoping you can tell me it isnt as bad as it looks. >> well, its not great. its definitely not great, rachel. but i want to assure the american people that the agency is not closing its doors. we have a dedicated staff who will continue to show up the american people that the commission is not closing its doors. were going to follow the money and make sure the american people can follow the money and find out who is supp...