BNA’s Money and Politics Report ($) quotes Howard Gantman, staff director of the Senate Rules Committee, as follows “”With the 2008 Presidential election fast approaching it is was critical that these two positions be filled without the continued partisan standoff that had prevented earlier action. In the coming months, Senator Feinstein plans oversight hearings on the commission and will be closely examining a variety of issues that have plagued federal elections in recent years.” That’s very good news.