Prospects for the administration’s nominee to fill the open Democratic slot at the FCC — Gigi Sohn — may hinge on the outcome of Tuesday’s Georgia U.S. Senate runoff, sources told CNBC. Sohn is more likely to get a vote for her nomination if Democrat Rafael Warnock wins, insiders said. Likewise, Sohn’s candidacy may never come to a vote if Warnock’s opponent, Herschel Walker, wins.
A Warnock win would give Democrats a 51-to-49 Senate majority. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is the only Democrat who still doesn’t support nominee Gigi Sohn and the extra vote would mean the Republicans cannot stop the nomination as she would get through in a tie, sources said. Key Republicans don’t believe Sohn, a longtime public interest lobbyist and Counselor to former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, can be impartial if elevated to the position of an FCC Commissioner, Inside Towers reported. Continue Reading |
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