Chairman Rockefeller Still Targeting June for Wheeler Hearing

According to a Senate Commerce Committee source, Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is targeting June for a nomination hearing for Tom Wheeler as the next Federal Communications Commission chair.

President Barack Obama has yet to nominate a Republican, and Wheeler almost certainly would not get a full-Senate vote until he is paired with a Republican to replace former-FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell. But the Senate Commerce Committee does not necessarily pair nominees for a committee vote unless they were nominated at about the same time. "We're not going to wait months for the Republicans," the source said.