Former White House counsel Robert Bauer on Wednesday urged the Federal Election Commission to aim low in crafting new rules for campaign contributions in the wake of a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down certain donation limits.

“I’m sympathetic to arguments that there are opportunities for reform,” Bauer told the six FEC commissioners, who are holding a daylong hearing at the agency’s headquarters in Washington on how to proceed after the high court’s April 2 ruling in McCutcheon v. FEC.

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