Gop vets New FCC Name

摘要

There was movement on the FCC nominee front last week. Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) scheduled a June 18 hearing on the nomination of Tom Wheeler as FCC chairman, and a highly placed source confirmed Republicans had interviewed Fred Campbell for the seat of former commissioner Robert McDowell. Campbell, director of the Competitive Enterprise institute's Communications Liberty & Innovation Project, declined comment. But a source said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)'s staff spoke with Campbell about the post. McConnell is said to have wanted to extend the search to include academics and think-tank officials, and Campbell would fit the bill.