This article blames Senator McConnell for holding up nominations to the FEC.

It states:

“The reason there were no nominations, I think, is because the administration knows that any nominations will be blocked by Republicans in the Senate,” says Rick Hasen, an election law expert. “I think (Senate Minority Leader Mitch) McConnell is very happy with status quo, which is that the FEC does very little and often deadlocks.”

A reader replies:

Obama nominated John J. Sullivan in 2009 to the FEC. He was a lawyer for the SEIU. His nomination was stopped by Senators Feingold (D) and McCain (R), not McConnell, who put a hold on him. The WH finally withdrew his nomination in August of 2010. The president has sent no further nominations to the Senate to replace any of the five commissioners whose terms have all expired. Only one FEC commissioner has an unexpired term – Caroline Hunter, whose term expires in April 2013.

This article blames Senator McConnell for holding up nominations to the FEC.

It states:

“The reason there were no nominations, I think, is because the administration knows that any nominations will be blocked by Republicans in the Senate,” says Rick Hasen, an election law expert. “I think (Senate Minority Leader Mitch) McConnell is very happy with status quo, which is that the FEC does very little and often deadlocks.”

A reader replies:

Obama nominated John J. Sullivan in 2009 to the FEC. He was a lawyer for the SEIU. His nomination was stopped by Senators Feingold (D) and McCain (R), not McConnell, who put a hold on him. The WH finally withdrew his nomination in August of 2010. The president has sent no further nominations to the Senate to replace any of the five commissioners whose terms have all expired. Only one FEC commissioner has an unexpired term – Caroline Hunter, whose term expires in April 2013.