Rockefeller Suspects Commerce May Consider O'Rielly Renomination Tuesday
The Senate Commerce Committee may include Republican FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly’s renomination for a full term on its agenda for a Tuesday executive session. “I think so,” Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., told us Wednesday of the possibility of including O’Rielly.…
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The session will happen Tuesday just off the Senate floor, with time, place and agenda not yet announced. The White House this fall renominated O’Rielly for a full five-year term. The term he had been filling expired this summer, and he's empowered as a commissioner through the end of next year, or until a successor is named. Rockefeller had missed a meeting Wednesday on whether O’Rielly and possibly another nominee, presumably a Democrat, would be on the agenda. “What you try to do is you need one from each side,” Rockefeller said. Senate Commerce ranking member John Thune, R-S.D., has wanted O’Rielly’s renomination advanced by the end of this year. “It’s what we should be doing,” Rockefeller said, saying he had his own interest in advancing the other potential nominee with whom O’Rielly could be paired. Spokespeople for Rockefeller and Thune didn't comment further Thursday.