Senate confirms Anna Gomez to FCC, giving Democrats majority

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Democrat Anna Gomez to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, giving the Democrats a 3-2 majority at the agency, their first since the last days of the Obama administration.

Gomez, a former FCC staff lawyer who most recently served as a communications policy advisor at the State Department, was nominated by President Joe Biden to fill the empty seat after a previous nominee, Gigi Sohn, failed to win Senate support.

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