Advocates for working-class candidates are applauding a new Federal Election Commission rule that makes it easier for those running for Congress to draw salaries from their campaign accounts.

The rule, approved Thursday by a bipartisan vote of 5-1, more accurately reflects the demands of running for federal office, which typically require full-time campaigning for a year or more leading up to the election, said Shana M. Broussard, a Democratic member of the FEC.

“The change … would help ordinary working-class Americans to represent their communities by running for federal office,” said Broussard, who led the drive for the rule change.

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