Threats to Broadcasters Hang over FCC Nominee Hearing

Threats to broadcasters hang over FCC nominee hearing

FCC nominee Danielle Thumann Severs waits to testify during her confirmation hearing with the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday.

Trump's FCC Nominee Faces Questions on Brendan Carr's War With ABC, Kimmel

Trump's FCC nominee Danielle Thumann Severs faced Senate questions over Brendan Carr's actions involving ABC and Jimmy Kimmel.

Trump’s FCC Nominee Faces Questions On Brendan Carr’s War With ABC, Kimmel

Danielle Thumann Severs pledges to protect broadcasters’ free speech rights but declines to criticize the FCC chairman.

Steamed Over Severs: Democrats Protest Republican Railroading Of FCC Nominee

After 15 minutes, with the gallery inside the Russell Senate Building filling with interested spectators and members of the press, not one Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation had appeared on the dais. Finally, at 11:15am Eastern, a politically partisan nominations hearing featuring a potential new vote-maker on the FCC began […]

Emboldened Senate Democrats Likely to Intensify Push to Pause Thumann's Confirmation

Senate Commerce Committee Democrats are likely to intensify their push for GOP leaders to delay Republican FCC nominee Danielle Thumann's confirmation following their party's extraordinary victory in last week's midterm elections, chamber aides and lobbyists told us. However, observers said...