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  "description": "Senate voting Wednesday on giving Trusty a new five-year term beginning July 1.",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, June 17, 2025 – The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Republican **Olivia Trusty** to fill out the remaining 13 days in the term of former Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman **Jessica Rosenworcel,** a Democrat.\n\nThe vote gave FCC Chairman **Brendan Carr** a 2-1 Republican majority and a quorum. The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday at Noon on giving Trusty her own five-year term beginning July 1.\n\nThe vote was 53-45 to confirm Trusty, with Sens. **Tom Cotton** , R-Ark., and **Mark Kelly** , D-Ariz., absent. The vote was split almost entirely along partisan lines, with all present Republicans voting for Trusty and all present Democrats voting against her, except for Sen. **John Fetterman** , D-Pa.\n\nWhen Broadband Breakfast asked Fetterman why he voted for Trusty, he hesitated, looked down at his phone, but ultimately declined to comment.\n\n\n\n_****FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT****_\n _****Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?****_\n_****Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD****_\n _****Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance****_\n _****Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills****_\n\n All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit \n\nEarlier Tuesday, senators voted 46-39 to invoke cloture on Trusty’s confirmation for the _remainder of Rosenworcel’s term_, which ends June 30, and 53-44 to invoke cloture on her confirmation for a new five-year term starting July 1. The procedural votes ended debate on the nominations, and were required before a nominee can be confirmed.\n\nLike the vote to nominate Trusty, both cloture votes were split along mostly partisan lines, with only Fetterman voting for both cloture motions. This marked a sharp contrast with an April motion to advance Trusty’s nomination out of the Commerce Committee. That motion passed 21-7 and included the support of _several key Democratic senators_.\n\nOne of those Democrats, Sen. **Maria Cantwell** , D-Wash., explained why she withdrew her support for Trusty _in a Monday letter_ to Majority leader **John Thune** , R-S.D.\n\n“Although I respect the nominee’s professional background,” she wrote, “when I spoke in support of Ms. Trusty’s nomination in Committee on April 30, I explained that my support was not absolute. Since then, the Trump Administration has pursued a series of concerning policies, leading me to oppose Ms. Trusty’s nomination.”\n\nCantwell explained that when she voted to advance Trusty out of Committee, it was with the expectation that she would be nominated alongside _a Democrat nominee_.\n\n“As you know, I had hoped Ms. Trusty’s nomination would be paired with a Democratic nominee, consistent with longstanding practice,” she said. \"But her nomination is being brought to the floor this week while an open Democratic seat on the Commission remains vacant …”\n\nCantwell also said she was worried that Trump might fire Democratic FCC Commissioner **Anna Gomez** , though doing so prior to a third Republican joining Carr and Trusty would leave Carr without a quorum to perform agency business.\n\n“.. Given President Trump’s alarming record of seeking to illegally fire Democrats on independent commissions like the FCC, I remain seriously concerned that this Administration will try to illegally terminate**Gomez** , refuse to nominate any Democratic replacements, and then operate the Commission on a strictly partisan basis.”\n\nCantwell concluded her letter by stating that she “must oppose Ms. Trusty’s nomination and urge[s] my colleagues to do the same.”\n\nThe FCC has seen _a number of its commissioners resign recently_, including Republican **Nathan Simington** and Democrat **Geoffrey Starks**. She joins the FCC at a time when it is involved in several controversial matters, ranging from its _ongoing proceeding with EchoStar_ to its _initiative to roll back regulations_.\n\nBoth Carr and Gomez welcomed Trusty to the commission.\n\n“Olivia will be a great addition to the Commission,” _Carr said_. “I am confident that her deep expertise and knowledge will enable her to hit the ground running, and she will be an exceptionally effective FCC Commissioner.”\n\nGomez agreed. “I have known Olivia for years and have been very impressed with her strong background in communications policy and deep understanding of the technical aspects of this job, which will be a great asset to this agency,” said Gomez, who became a commissioner in September 2023.\n\nThe FCC’s next Open Meeting in Washington is set for _June 26_.",
  "title": "Senate Confirms Trusty to Serve Out Rosenworcel’s Term",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:27:48.839Z"
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