"But the effort to write new regulations has been halted by the partisan standoff over how much interest groups must disclose about their financial backers in election spending.
Democratic commissioners are demanding that the FEC consider new rules requiring interest groups to reveal who is underwriting campaign advertising. They point to the court ruling, saying eight of the nine justices favored public access to information on donors.
“We are not currently getting the kind of the disclosure that the statute requires,” said Ellen Weintraub, one of the Democratic commissioners. “The trend is pretty clear: We’re seeing more spending, less disclosure.”
Republicans on the commission, however, are objecting, saying only Congress has the authority to require disclosure through legislation. At a meeting in January, the commission tried — and failed — to agree even on a notice soliciting public comment on which rules should be changed."
FEC still hasn’t issued new campaign spending rules
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