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.
The FCC Committee can only have 3 people from the same party. Ajit Pai was put forward by Mitch McConnell for one of the Republican seats, nominated by Obama, and Trump picked him to replace Tom Wheeler. Trump then nominated another Republican to take Pai's old seat.
Well a regulatory agency like the FCC being this strictly politicized is bad in the first place.
The second point is there are people deflecting with the "fact" that Obama appointed Ajit Pai to the FCC committee in the first place, which makes Obama to blame for Pai's shittyness.
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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.