McConnell Files Cloture on Simington Confirmation
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., filed for cloture Thursday on FCC nominee Nathan Simington. Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota and other GOP leaders have been eyeing a floor vote on Simington as soon as next week, after…
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the Senate Commerce Committee voted 14-12 Wednesday to advance the nominee (see 2012020069). A mid-week floor vote appears likely given McConnell’s decision to file cloture Thursday, lobbyists told us. Senate Commerce member Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Charter praised the move to advance Simington, while Free Press and New America’s Open Technology Institute criticized it.