Genachowski Nomination Hearing Postponed

Put back on hold, at least until after the Memorial Day recess, the nomination of Julius Genachowski to serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Apparently, Republican congressional leaders have indicated that Genachowski's nomination and that of South Carolina utility regulator Mignon Clyburn would need to be paired with Republican nominees before they could be installed so that the commission would have the requisite complement of Republicans. But Republicans have apparently yet to offer up their candidate, though there was word that a Republican nomination might be coming down any day. Scheduling the hearing before the Memorial Day break may have been an effort by Democrats to force the Republican's hand and get the process moving.