• In an unexpected and awkward vote, two Republican commissioners on the Federal Election Commission tried to block the elevation of longtime Commissioner Ellen Weintraub to vice chairwoman, calling instead on President Joe Biden to put new blood on the panel.
• Weintraub, on the FEC since 2002, 15 years past the end of her six-year term, was elected to be the vice chairwoman next year in a 4-1-1 vote. Republican Trey Trainor voted no, and Republican Allen Dickerson abstained.

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