The Senate Commerce Committee postponed a planned Thursday...
The Senate Commerce Committee postponed a planned Thursday vote on FCC nominee Michael O'Rielly, the Republican expected to be paired with Tom Wheeler, nominee for FCC chairman, in an eventual Senate floor vote. The agenda for the committee’s Thursday executive…
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session, scheduled before this week’s government shutdown, had included votes on O'Rielly and FTC nominee Terrell McSweeny, a Democrat. But the office of Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., announced the session’s postponement Wednesday morning, without including any details on when it would be rescheduled. Industry lobbyists told us Tuesday the shutdown may add uncertainty to the Wheeler-O'Rielly confirmation timing but indicated Senate votes and advancement of the nominees may still be possible (CD Oct 2 p1). A longtime carrier lobbyist and former Senate staffer had posited that the committee could still advance the nominees through a rolling count in the Senate cloakroom. A call to Rockefeller’s office prompted a message that the office is closed due to the shutdown and unable to respond to emails, phone calls or letters. The Senate Commerce Committee press secretary is also unable to comment during the shutdown.