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WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats signaled on Wednesday that they might oppose President Bush's nominee to the Federal Election Commission over his views on voting rights and criticism that he politicized his office at the Justice Department.
Citing complaints from his co-workers, Democrats said Hans von Spakovsky, a former Republican Party chairman in Fulton County, Ga., took a partisan approach while serving as a senior attorney in the Justice Department's civil rights division, shifting the office's focus away from protecting minority voters.
"That's a real problem," said Rules Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. "I can't speak for the Republican side but I believe it's a real problem for the Democratic side."
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