Shutdown Adds New Wrinkle to Wheeler-O'Rielly Confirmation Timing

摘要

The partial federal government shutdown may not meannthat the Senate won’t act on the nominations of Tom Wheeler asnchairman of the FCC and Michael O’Rielly for its open Republicannseat, said industry lobbyists in interviews Tuesday. After all,nthey said that senators will continue to work and draw a salarynwith few hearings to attend because many hearings were cancelednbecause some government witnesses can’t attend. The level of enmitynamong senators appears lower than that between Democratsnand Republicans in the House.