Senate leaders plan quick action to confirm five Federal Election Commission nominees, giving the panel a full complement for the first time in months, an aide to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky., said.

The aide said the chamber could have one vote on the entire group as early as Wednesday. But an aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., said leaders only were committed to approving the group before the July Fourth recess and it’s unclear how votes will be structured.

Before the group can be brought to the floor, leadership must get consent to discharge the latest FEC nominee, Matthew S. Petersen, from the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, which oversees the commission.

A committee aide said Petersen will not face a hearing or a vote in committee. Petersen is a noncontroversial candidate — as Republican chief counsel for the panel, he has been slated for swift approval ever since President Bush announced his intention to nominate him in late May.

Petersen joins four other nominees who have already been approved by the rules committee, including Democrat Cynthia L. Bauerly of Minnesota and Republicans Caroline C. Hunter of Florida and Donald F. McGahn of the District of Columbia.

Democrat Steven T. Walther of Nevada, another FEC nominee, was already awaiting Senate confirmation, and Democrat Ellen Weintraub remains as a holdover on the commission.

Petersen replaced controversial nominee Hans von Spakovsky, a candidate some Democrats opposed. The stalemate lasted for months, effectively blocking the process of filling vacancies on the FEC.

That has left the commission unable to start new probes of campaign violations or answer questions from campaigns. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, for example, will need to get commission approval to receive public financing in the general election.