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  "description": "Former Cruz staffer could be running the NTIA as early as next week\n",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, July 17, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration may have a new leader as early as next week.\n\nThe Senate voted Thursday 50-34 to invoke cloture on **Arielle Roth** ’s nomination, limiting lawmakers debate on Roth’s nomination to 30 hours, after which a vote on her nomination may be held.\n\nThe vote comes at a critical juncture: States were preparing to submit final proposals for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, a central focus of NTIA oversight. Roth would take over just as it begins reviewing and approving those plans.\n\n\n\n_****There's a whole community behind your FREE membership...****_\n\n There's a whole community behind your FREE membership... \n\nThe cloture vote was opposed by many Democrats, including Sen. **Jacky Rosen** , D-Nev. Rosen _vowed_ in June to respond to the Trump administration’s _changes_ to the BEAD program by opposing all Commerce Department nominees that oversee broadband policy. Rosen filed a notice that she was intending to object to Roth’s nomination on June 9. Only one Democrat, Sen. **John Fetterman** , D-Penn., supported the nomination.\n\nBefore her nomination, Roth _served_ as the telecom policy director for Sen. **Ted Cruz** , R-Texas. The former Cruz staffer _was critical_ of many Biden-era provisions of the BEAD program, including its prior preference for fiber and what she described as its “woke social agenda.” During her confirmation hearing Roth _vowed to work_ with members of both parties to expedite the BEAD program, though _was vague_ on what changes she would make to it.\n\nRoth’s nomination has been in front of the full Senate since the Senate Commerce Committee _voted to advance_ it along largely partisan lines in early April. As of Thursday, the NTIA had been under the leadership of acting administrator **Adam Cassady** , who _stepped into the role_ in March.\n\nThe Senate votes 50–34 to invoke cloture on the nomination of ****Arielle Roth**** to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, courtesy of C-SPAN's Senate Floor Proceedings.",
  "title": "Senate Invokes Cloture on Roth Nomination",
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