The Senate will vote on the nominations of Gigi Sohn to the and Alvaro Bedoya to the , respectively. The Senate Commerce Committee their nominations, though the 14-14 tie means there will be an additional procedural step for each before a full Senate vote.
Democrats and Republicans each have 50 senators though Vice President Kamala Harris has a tie-breaker vote. Should Sohn and Bedoya be confirmed as commissioners, the Democrats will hold a majority in both the FCC and FTC.
The committee delayed a vote on the nominations after Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) suffered a stroke in January. Luján, whose vote was needed for Democrats to move the nominations forward, has since returned to work.
President Biden nominated Sohn at the same time he put forward Jessica Rosenworcel as FCC chair . While the Senate approved Rosenworcel’s in December, Sohn’s appointment has taken longer. As such,…
