Senate Democrats today blocked a lame-duck push to confirm Trump's FCC nominee Danielle Thumann Severs, warning Republicans are engineering a partisan 3-1 majority and vowing aggressive oversight of Chairman Brendan Carr.
Democrats accused Severs of evading questions about her close ties to Carr and criticized the Republican plan to seat her without a paired Democratic nominee, arguing it would strip the FCC of bipartisan balance.
The party's leaders signaled they will use next year's congressional control to launch probes into Carr's regulatory actions, including alleged attempts to pressure broadcasters, and to challenge any effort to eliminate the E-Rate program without legislative approval.