Because of the intransigence of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) isn't functioning.  The FEC staff continues to provide advice to candidates for federal office.  CREW thinks the FEC got it wrong on an issue involving congressional candidate Todd Goldup "who wanted to pay himself a salary out of campaign funds even though he hasn't been earning any money otherwise. Goldup had no income last year because he's a stay-at-home father to his two young children."  The FEC staff said no, but CREW thinks that was the wrong decision, via Jeff Birnbaum:

"Hopefully, when the FEC has a quorum again they will revisit this issue and reach the obviously correct conclusion," said Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "Any homemaker, regardless of outside earned income, is worth way more than any member of Congress."