Telecom vet and Obama loyalist Tom Wheeler has passed the first hurdle on his way to becoming the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. In a voice vote, the Senate Commerce committee voted in favor of the president's nominee to lead the agency.
The vote came despite push back from ranking member John Thune (R-S.D.) and several other GOP members that the committee should wait to move the nomination until it was paired with the GOP nominee, which President Obama has yet to name.
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