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There are certainly many candidates that congress would approve. They are under no obligation to accept executive nominations they disapprove of. That's the p
by justrealist 3y ago
There are certainly many candidates that congress would approve. They are under no obligation to accept executive nominations they disapprove of. That's the point of senate approval!
If Biden considered it a crisis that the FCC has an open seat, he would look for a clearly palatable candidate.
- seanp2k2 3y agohttps://www.theverge.com/23437518/biden-fcc-gigi-sohn-fox-news-comcast-senate-democrats-midterms-election https://www.theverge.com/23437518/biden-fcc-gigi-sohn-fox-ne... Rupert Murdoch & Co got scared that they'd somehow use the FCC to censor conservative speech so they ran a successful media campaign to slander her and used all their power to block her. The vote to confirm her never even made it to the Senate floor. Every day of FCC stalemate is another gift to companies that benefit from the huge lack of regulation in these sectors. It's just a shame that so many people now are convinced that this situation is fine (or they don't know / care and just go full team red on every issue) and that the critical infrastructure in this country should be entirely owned and operated by for-profit rent-seeking companies that collude in a race to the bottom.
- justrealist 3y agoThat's great and I still don't care, the senate has the constitutional authority to block whoever it wants for any reason.