Sen Grassley not satisfied with FCC documents, will keep hold on nominees

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has no plans to lift his hold on President Obama's two nominees to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) despite receiving a trove of the agency's documents, a spokeswoman for the senator said. She claimed that all of the documents had been previously released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. "Therefore, Sen. Grassley’s hold on the FCC nominees will continue until the FCC demonstrates its commitment to comply with the House committee’s request and produce new, internal documents," the spokeswoman said. But an FCC official said the release does contain new, internal documents. "Thousands of pages submitted to the committee contain confidential information that is not in the public domain," the official said.