Right Foot Forward

摘要

As a 'B&C reporter waited in the Federal Communications Commission's eighth-floor lobby to interview Ajit Pai, the elevator doors opened to reveal the FCCs two Republican commissioners, Pai and senior Republican Robert McDowell, returning from lunch. It was appropriate to find them together, since Pai and McDowell are aligned in their dislike of too heavy a regulatory hand on industry They have teamed up to dissent on a couple of recent FCC decisions, as well as to cast the first votes (after that of chairman Julius Genachowski) approving the Verizon/SpectrumCo deal.