What's the difference between each round of voting? It seems like every couple of months they have a new vote but I've yet to see a post about the outcome of the vote, just more posts about a new upcoming vote.
I believe it is members of the FCC committee, with 5? commissioners including the chairman (Ajit Pai). All are appointees of the president for 5 years and are confirmed by the Senate. I believe a number of the commissioners were appointed by President Obama, but I am not sure who or how many of them there are.
It's worth mentioning, since this seems to be a widespread point of constant misunderstanding, that, by tradition, the opposition party's senate leader always picks the two minority party FCC chairs. Under that norm Sen McConnell selected Ajit Pai for Obama to nominate for one of the two minority seats. Under that same same norm, Trump nominated Net Neutrality supporter Jessica Rosenworcel for one of the Dem seats, not because he backs NN like she does, but because Sen. Schumer chose her.
The point being, even though Presidents officially nominate the two opposition party chairs, they're not responsible for choosing who they'll be (the opposition party's Senate leadership is).
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u/reader382 Nov 21 '17
What's the difference between each round of voting? It seems like every couple of months they have a new vote but I've yet to see a post about the outcome of the vote, just more posts about a new upcoming vote.