By — Candice Norwood Candice Norwood Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-rules-committee-holds-nomination-hearing-for-fec-members Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Senate rules committee holds nomination hearing for FEC members Politics Updated on Nov 18, 2020 2:59 PM EDT — Published on Nov 18, 2020 10:05 AM EDT The Senate Committee on Rules & Administration held a hearing on Wednesday to consider the nominations for three people to become members of the Federal Election Commission, the independent regulatory agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance law. Watch in the video player above. The hearing comes after President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Tuesday night that he was firing Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Krebs drew the president’s criticism in the weeks since the election, as he defended the election’s integrity and disputed Trump’s false claims of fraud. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Candice Norwood Candice Norwood Candice Norwood is a former digital politics reporter for the PBS NewsHour. @cjnorwoodwrites
The Senate Committee on Rules & Administration held a hearing on Wednesday to consider the nominations for three people to become members of the Federal Election Commission, the independent regulatory agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance law. Watch in the video player above. The hearing comes after President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Tuesday night that he was firing Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Krebs drew the president’s criticism in the weeks since the election, as he defended the election’s integrity and disputed Trump’s false claims of fraud. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now