Controversial FEC nominee withdraws

Hans von Spakovsky , a former Justice Department lawyer whose nomination became entangled in allegations that political considerations influenced decisions by the agency's Civil Rights Division, sent President Bush a letter withdrawing his name. Senate Democrats had refused for a year to confirm von Spakovsky, torpedoing the nominations of three other nominees and denying the FEC a quorum.

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An embattled Republican nominee to the commission overseeing U.S. election campaigns withdrew on Friday, easing a political stalemate that has paralyzed the body in a presidential election year...Bush that he was withdrawing after a 2 1/2-year battle in which Democratic opposition to the nomination blocked efforts to fill the six-member Federal Election Commission and left it with only two members, short of a ruling majority.

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ET] Controversial nominee Hans von Spakovsky withdrew his nomination from the Federal Election Commission on Friday, potentially ending a standoff that had crippled the FEC. In a letter to Bush, von Spakovsky cited the two-and-a-half-year length of his pending nomination and said the process “has been extremely hard on my family.” Quite frankly, we do not have the financial resources to continue to wait until this matter is resolved,” von Spakovsky wrote.

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President Bush's contentious nominee for the Federal Election Commission has yanked his name from consideration, potentially ending a broader confirmation deadlock in the Senate. Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department official who never had Democratic support to win confirmation, withdrew his nomination on Friday.

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