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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 05:24 PM
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GOP commissioners blocked FEC probe of Christine O'Donnell
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0611/GOP_commissioners_blocked_FEC_probe_of_Christine_ODonnell.html

Federal Election Commission attorneys sought a full-scale investigation of former Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, but the three GOP commissioners on the bipartisan commission blocked the probe, newly released FEC documents show.

FEC attorneys "found reason to believe" that O'Donnell, Tea Party Express and Our Country Deserves Better PAC improperly coordinated contributions and expenditures prior to the 2010 Senate GOP primary, where O'Donnell pulled a surprising upset on longtime Rep. Mike Castle. The FEC attorneys wanted to move ahead with an investigation into the case, including subpoenas.

The complaint against O'Donnell was filed by the Delaware Republican Party, which backed Castle in the GOP primary.

But the three GOP commissioners on the FEC —- Don McGahn, Caroline Hunter and Matthew Petersen — refused to support any O'Donnell investigation, thereby blocking it. There must be at least four votes on the six-member, bipartisan panel to approve any FEC action.The three Democrats on the FEC voted to move ahead with the O'Donnell probe.
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iemitsu Donating Member (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 05:27 PM
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1. the coruption of our political and judicial system
is everywhere.
how can we hope to ever clean up the mess?
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 05:42 PM
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2. What are they hiding?
If they were people of integrity,
they might want to clear her name
in the open daylight of truth.
But noooooo....
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 06:19 PM
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3. Why should we care how Republicans spend their money in primary campaigns against one another? n/t
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