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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...