Next Wednesday May 21, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of Cynthia L. Bauerly, Caroline C. Hunter, and Donald F. McGahn to be members of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). As Roll Call ($$) notes; "clearing the first major hurdle for the White House-backed plan to put the agency back in business by Memorial Day. . . . Under President Bush's proposal to reconstitute the six-member elections regulator, the three new nominees would be combined with sitting Democratic Commissioner Ellen Weintraub and two holdover picks, Republican Hans von Spakovsky and Democrat Steven Walther."