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Senate lawmakers who oversee the Federal Communications
Commission plan to vote on the president’s pick to chair the agency as part of
a late-summer session that also could advance new cybersecurity legislation.
According to politico.com, that markup before the Senate
Commerce Committee is expected to occur as soon as Tuesday, and it’s likely to
be the panel’s last order of business before Congress departs for its yearly
August recess. Both Tom Wheeler, the president’s nominee to lead the FCC, and
the committee’s cybersecurity bill are expected to pass easily with bipartisan
support.
Of course, the committee’s vote wouldn’t install Wheeler as
the new head of the telecom agency — that only comes after full Senate
consideration. And it may be months before that occurs: Republicans aren’t
willing to advance Wheeler unless President Barack Obama submits a candidate
for the FCC’s open GOP slot, but the White House hasn’t yet put forward a
Republican name.
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