Martin Nomination Vote On Hold

MARTIN NOMINATION VOTE ON HOLD
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
According to several sources, there is a hold on the nomination of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to a second term on the Commission. The Senate Commerce Committee voted earlier this month 21 to 0 to approve the renomination, but an expected floor vote before the election break did not materialized before the Senate adjourned. The read over at the FCC is that it is a policy issue, not a personal one, that prompted the hold. The hold could be lifted at any time. One theory is that the hold was placed by Senator John Sununu (R-NH), though he was one of the 21 who voted for the nomination in committee, over the issue of e911. That is the requirement, pushed by the FCC, that interconnected VOIP services -- ones that permit calls to begin and end on traditional public switched telephone networks (PSTN) -- deliver 911 calls to a local emergency operator as a standard feature rather than an option. Senator Sununu's office had not confirmed or denied the hold.
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