Senate Commerce Committee Leaders Seek to Fast-Track Clyburn Approval

With Senate floor time "in flux" and unable to get a quorum of the Senate Commerce Committee to vote on the nomination of Federal Communications Commission commissioner Mignon Clyburn, the heads of the committee have come up with plan B -- seeking unanimous consent from the Senate on discharging the nominees from the committee. That would mean they would only need a full Senate vote to be confirmed. If no Senator objects, the nominations would not have to go through a committee markup and vote. There would still need to be a vote in the full Senate, but that one could happen quickly, too.