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Democrat Mignon Clyburn is leaving the Federal Communications Commission after nine years of service. As part of the FCC's Democratic majority from 2009 through 2016, Clyburn repeatedly voted for consumer-protection regulations over the objections of Internet service providers. More recently, Clyburn has been on the losing end of many votes as the FCC's new Republican majority deregulates the broadband and telecom industries.
Clyburn's term expired in June 2017, but commission rules allowed her to stay until the end of 2018 if she had chosen to do so. Rather than seek a new five-year term, she announced that today's [April 17] FCC meeting would be her last.
Being an FCC commissioner has been "the most incredible opportunity for me," Clyburn said at the meeting. "In my wildest dreams, if I could have crafted my destiny, I never would have dreamed of this."
Clyburn served as the FCC's interim chair for six months in 2013 before giving way to Democratic Chairman Tom Wheeler, who frequently called Clyburn "the conscience of the commission."
"Mignon Clyburn will go down in history as one of the best FCC commissioners of all time," former FCC official and consumer advocate Gigi Sohn said today. "For nearly nine years, she has been a vocal and passionate advocate for the public interest and defender of the most vulnerable in our society."
[...] Rosenworcel will be the lone Democrat on the commission after Clyburn's departure. There are three Republicans. President Trump and the Senate will be responsible for filling the Democratic seat to restore the 3-2 split.
The president nominates all commissioners. If past practice is followed, he would appoint a Democrat upon the recommendation of the Senate's Democratic leadership. The Senate would then vote to confirm the new commissioner.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has decided to recommend the nomination of FCC official Geoffrey Starks, an assistant chief in the agency's enforcement bureau, Politico reported last month.
By rule, the president's party maintains a one-vote majority on the FCC, so Republicans will keep the majority until Democrats re-take the White House.
Clyburn has not announced her post-commission plans.
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(Score: 2, Redundant) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday April 25 2018, @03:53AM (5 children)
I thank her for her service. And Ajit thanks her for her service. We (I) will find another Dem to replace her. Hopefully someone who will be much tougher with Fake News @NBC [twitter.com] and the Networks. At what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:06AM (1 child)
Don't you get bored of this novelty account? It takes up so much of your life. Sad.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @11:30AM
Agreed, so many posts, on nearly every topic.
Maybe our soylent rdt is on someone's payroll?
For What It's Worth
...
Paranoia strikes deep,
into your life it will creep...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY [youtube.com]
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:39AM (2 children)
At what point is it appropriate to challenge their License?
NBC? Back when they fired Howard Stern. I don't know why you didn't pick him for V.P. You owe all your real fame to him.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday April 25 2018, @06:09AM (1 child)
Let me tell you, @WNBC [twitter.com] firing Howard was the best thing that ever happened to him. NBC wanted him to go to L.A., he told them "no." And when he got away from NBC, he did his best work. Very popular, many many awards. Not so popular with our FCC. But the American people love him. And I love him, he's a great friend. We've had so much fun, it's been tremendous. But I wanted to Make America Great Again. And I knew I couldn't do it by myself, or even with Howard. I needed Jesus. Jesus, unfortunately, doesn't talk to me. I drink my little wine, I eat my little cracker -- nothing. Silence. But Jesus talks to Mike Pence. And Mike tells me what Jesus said. He said, "move the embassy to Jerusalem, let it be a blessing to Israel." He said, do what I say, be good to my people, and you'll get a mulligan on everything else. Great offer, right? I love mulligans, so I took it.
(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday April 25 2018, @06:34AM
(cont) NBC fired me too. Because I asked for a fairer deal from them re Celebrity Apprentice. Getting fired by them has been tremendous for me. For America. And for the World!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:34AM
Shit! Not exactly a bright future, is it? Let's vote out ALL the democrats and republicans! This back and forth crap has gone on long enough. But if you all are happy with how things are going, then by all means, carry on with what you're doing. I'm sure you can keep the game running indefinitely. Whatever puts food on the table, right?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @05:23AM (2 children)
The rule that there should be 3 from the president's party and 2 from the "other" party is realistic but disgusting. It presumes that there are two parties and that commissioners must be associated with the parties.
We apparently can't have a don't-ask-don't-tell policy for their political affiliation. We apparently must deny that other parties exist. We apparently can't have an unaffiliated person.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday April 25 2018, @06:31AM
Trust me, it's not hard to find out who's a Dem and who's a Republican. For somebody who votes it's not hard to find out. Kris Kobach -- my Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity -- he asked all the states for their voter rolls. And so many turned them over. Not all but a lot. Deep Root Analytics, they were a big help to our RNC. And to my campaign. Because they got the cyber records for 198 million folks. And if I don't know about somebody, I just ask, did you vote for me? And they tell me.
But you have a very interesting idea. The 3-2 thing isn't a law. It's only a rule. Rules are VERY OVERRATED. I've had some of my greatest successes when I ignored them.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday April 26 2018, @02:48AM
The US set up is to have two state-sanctioned parties, because two is better than one, and those dirty commies only had one party, and we're better than dirty commies, so two parties.
The people who really run the place don't want to have to keep track of more though, so three is too many.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:08PM (2 children)
> Rosenworcel will be the lone Democrat on the commission after Clyburn's departure. There are three Republicans. President Trump and the Senate will be responsible for filling the Democratic seat to restore the 3-2 split.
In other words, it will remain a 3-1 split until the next President.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:25PM (1 child)
3 votes beats 2 votes. The extra person is not harmful.
The next democrat gets 3 people. It is better that one of the "democrats" is a DINO, always voting with the republicans.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @04:47AM
You're thinking too deeply. The next member will be the guy who once fixed Donald Trump's cable.