Cynthia Bauerly will be FEC Chair in 2011 -- We'll miss Chairman Petersen

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"WASHINGTON – At an open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) elected Cynthia L. Bauerly as Chair and Caroline C. Hunter as Vice Chair for 2011. Both were nominated to the Commission by President George W. Bush and confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on June 24, 2008.

Prior to her appointment to the Commission, Bauerly served as Legislative Director for United States Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, where she managed policy staff, implemented the legislative agenda and advised the Senate on floor strategy, campaign finance and ethics policy. She previously served as Counsel on the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee, focusing on election reform, campaign finance, technology, telecommunications, intellectual property, antitrust law, legal process reform, immigration and ethics."