FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman is stepping down later this month after more than four years on the panel. With Goodman’s departure, the FEC has a bare-minimum quorum of four members — two Republicans, one Democrat and one independent — whose unanimous votes are now required to take official action. The seat formerly held by Democratic appointee Ann Ravel, who resigned from the FEC a year ago, remains vacant. You need unanimity to get things approved,” said Michael Toner, former FEC commissioner and partner at Wiley Rein. “I don’t think it’s in anyone’s interest for the commission to lack a quorum,” Goodman said.

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2018 23:48 UTC