President Bush said Thursday he intends to nominate Utahn Matthew Petersen, a top aide to Sen. Bob Bennett, to fill a remaining spot on the Federal Elections Commission, a significant position as the presidential election heads into the final ...
The White House nominated a senior Republican Senate aide Thursday to fill a seat on the Federal Election Commission, replacing a nominee who withdrew in the face of Democratic opposition...Petersen, is the Republican chief counsel on the Senate ...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the Bush administration failed to come to agreement on the sixth commissioner, who would replace Hans von Spakovsky, the controversial GOP nominee that withdrew his name last Friday after a standoff ...