Robert D. Lenhard is a senior attorney in the Election and Political Law Practice Group of Covington & Burling. He formerly served as Chairman of the Federal Election Commission, the United States government agency that administers and enforces the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), the statute that governs the financing of federal elections. Lenhard was appointed to his FEC position via a recess appointment by George W. Bush on January 4, 2006.[1]