Press release: “Today, the Campaign Legal Center, joined by Democracy 21, filed comments with the Federal Election Commission urging the agency not to further weaken its already ineffective enforcement of campaign finance laws.  In response to a commission notice requesting comment as to whether the FEC is effectively enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), the watchdogs’ response is an emphatic “no.”  But the agency goes further and asks for comments as to whether it should further undermine its anemic enforcement process by adopting an official policy of willfully ignoring publicly available information and legal theories not specifically cited in complaints filed with the agency.  The watchdogs warn the FEC that the proposed policy of willful ignorance would only worsen an already ineffective enforcement process.’