Biden Intends to Pick Lawyer Anna Gomez for FCC to End Agency Deadlock
- If confirmed, FCC would be poised to act on net neutrality
- Anna Gomez would still need Senate ok to break 2-2 tie at FCC
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President Joe Biden intends to select veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez to serve on the Federal Communications Commission and give the agency its first Democratic majority of his presidency, a person briefed on the matter said.
Gomez’s arrival would poise the FCC, after more than two years of partisan deadlock, to act on matters including restoring net neutrality rules that bar broadband providers from interfering with web traffic.