Vote Put Off on FCC Nominee After Democratic
Senator Falls Ill
Posted By: NorthernDog, 2/2/2022 12:34:05 PM
The Senate Commerce Committee delayed a vote scheduled for Wednesday for Gigi Sohn, a Democratic nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, because of the illness of a senator. Alvaro Bedoya, nominated to be a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, also won’t get a Wednesday vote, according to a revised agenda released late Tuesday by the panel. (Snip) Sohn, 60, would give Democrats their first majority on the FCC during the presidency of Joe Biden. But her nomination must first clear the committee and the full Senate. Several Republicans, at a Commerce Committee hearing in December, accused her of being
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Dems relying on a 50/50 Senate to shove through their agenda was always perilous at best. For now it's impossible for them to pass anything while Lujan is out of the picture.