Groups Want a 3rd Democrat at FCC by March 31
Free Press, Public Knowledge and 30 other groups want a third Democratic commissioner at the FCC by March 31. Confirmation became more likely after the party regained a Senate majority this month (see 2101060055). The agency is tied 2-2 (see…
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2012090063). The letter was to Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Commerce Committee lead Democrat Maria Cantwell of Washington and lead Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi. It said the FCC “faces an urgent agenda including implementing the new emergency broadband benefit" and work on issues including Lifeline, using E-rate for remote education, a media ownership quadrennial review, inmate calling service costs, and reclassification of broadband service as a Communications Act Title II service.