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This is good, but it's so obvious this was a super low priority thing for the Democrats. It's been almost three years since they took power, and they let the FC

by tivert 3y ago

This is good, but it's so obvious this was a super low priority thing for the Democrats. It's been almost three years since they took power, and they let the FCC sit in an Ajit Pai-inspired limbo for most of that time. They hit a roadblock and just stopped for years instead of adapting.

sigmar 3y ago
>They hit a roadblock and just stopped for years instead of adapting. When did they stop? Gigi Sohn was nominated in 2021 and was repeatedly renominated until she withdrew this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Sohn#FCC_nomination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Sohn#FCC_nomination
- tivert 3y ago
  > When did they stop? Gigi Sohn was nominated in 2021 and was repeatedly renominated until she withdrew this year. Exactly there. Instead of renominating her to perpetual failure, they should have nominated someone else. When they finally did the work to find another candidate, they actually got results. That should have happened years ago. But it didn't and that either means they're insane (as in doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result) or the just don't care that much.
Terr_ 3y ago
> It's been almost three years since they took power, and they let the FCC sit in an Ajit Pai-inspired limbo for most of that time. There ought to be a name for this fallacy, like "alternating dictatorship single color lump-government." Pretty much from day-one the Biden administration was trying to get a new FCC member to the understaffed commission, however with the slimmest possible 51-49 Senate majority it only takes one "blue dog" Democrat (or one heavily reliant on industry donations) to block it all. [0] That state of affairs continued until the latest attempt finally passed this month. [1] [0] https://prospect.org/politics/democratic-majority-at-the-fcc-still-blocked/ https://prospect.org/politics/democratic-majority-at-the-fcc... [1] https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2023/9/cantwell-applauds-senate-confirmation-of-anna-gomez-to-complete-the-federal-communications-commission-end-years-long-deadlock https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2023/9/cantwell-applauds-sen...
- Terr_ 3y ago
  Correction: "From day-one" is inaccurate, while there may have been informal legislator negotiations before, the formal nomination process for the seat vacated by Ajit Pai started in 10-2021 rather than 01-2021.
- tivert 3y ago
  > Pretty much from day-one the Biden administration was trying to get a new FCC member to the understaffed commission, however with the slimmest possible 51-49 Senate majority it only takes one "blue dog" Democrat (or one heavily reliant on industry donations) to block it all. [0] They nominated the same person, over and over, who failed to get nominated each time. The failure is totally their fault if they nominate someone who can't get confirmed. They should have learned to count votes and nominate someone who could get enough. > That state of affairs continued until the latest attempt finally passed this month. [1] When they finally nominated someone different, someone who could get confirmed.

by tivert 3y ago

sigmar 3y ago

>They hit a roadblock and just stopped for years instead of adapting. When did they stop? Gigi Sohn was nominated in 2021 and was repeatedly renominated until she withdrew this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Sohn#FCC_nomination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_Sohn#FCC_nomination

tivert 3y ago
> When did they stop? Gigi Sohn was nominated in 2021 and was repeatedly renominated until she withdrew this year. Exactly there. Instead of renominating her to perpetual failure, they should have nominated someone else. When they finally did the work to find another candidate, they actually got results. That should have happened years ago. But it didn't and that either means they're insane (as in doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result) or the just don't care that much.

Terr_ 3y ago

> It's been almost three years since they took power, and they let the FCC sit in an Ajit Pai-inspired limbo for most of that time. There ought to be a name for this fallacy, like "alternating dictatorship single color lump-government." Pretty much from day-one the Biden administration was trying to get a new FCC member to the understaffed commission, however with the slimmest possible 51-49 Senate majority it only takes one "blue dog" Democrat (or one heavily reliant on industry donations) to block it all. [0] That state of affairs continued until the latest attempt finally passed this month. [1] [0] https://prospect.org/politics/democratic-majority-at-the-fcc-still-blocked/ https://prospect.org/politics/democratic-majority-at-the-fcc... [1] https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2023/9/cantwell-applauds-senate-confirmation-of-anna-gomez-to-complete-the-federal-communications-commission-end-years-long-deadlock https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2023/9/cantwell-applauds-sen...

Terr_ 3y ago
Correction: "From day-one" is inaccurate, while there may have been informal legislator negotiations before, the formal nomination process for the seat vacated by Ajit Pai started in 10-2021 rather than 01-2021.
tivert 3y ago
> Pretty much from day-one the Biden administration was trying to get a new FCC member to the understaffed commission, however with the slimmest possible 51-49 Senate majority it only takes one "blue dog" Democrat (or one heavily reliant on industry donations) to block it all. [0] They nominated the same person, over and over, who failed to get nominated each time. The failure is totally their fault if they nominate someone who can't get confirmed. They should have learned to count votes and nominate someone who could get enough. > That state of affairs continued until the latest attempt finally passed this month. [1] When they finally nominated someone different, someone who could get confirmed.