CNN:

Starting next year, federal candidates can more easily use campaign funds to pay themselves salaries, under a rule approved Thursday by federal election regulators.

The change, which the Federal Election Commission approved 5-1, is aimed at helping ensure that Americans of modest means can afford to mount campaigns for Congress and the White House, its proponents say.

Earlier this year, several candidates testified about the financial hardships they confronted while seeking office. They included Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost, who in 2022 became the first Gen Z candidate to win a House seat.

And from the end of the piece, “One Republican, Commissioner James ‘Trey’ Trainor, voted against the rule change Thursday, saying the FEC has never had the authority from Congress to allow candidates to use donors’ money for their own salaries.”