There are only two commissioners left at the FCC

Chairman Brendan Carr and Democratic commissioner Anna Gomez are the past remaining members of the panel.

After the departure of 1 Republican and 1 Democratic commissioner connected Friday, the Federal Communications Commission is down to 2 members, falling beneath the quorum threshold for what's typically a five-person panel.

Commissioners Nathan Simington and Geoffrey Starks stepped down astatine the extremity of the week. That leaves Republican Chair Brendan Carr and Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez arsenic the 2 remaining voting members. President Donald Trump has nominated Republican Senate staffer Olivia Trusty to the commission, but the enclosure has yet to ballot connected her confirmation, which near the bureau deadlocked adjacent earlier these departures. The FCC is successful complaint of everything from broadband regulations and subsidies funds, to telecommunications mergers enforcement, to spectrum auctions. Without a three-member quorum, immoderate of that work, and the docket of Trump-aligned Carr, is near successful limbo.

Starks and Simington some announced the day of their departures earlier this week, though Starks indicated successful March that helium planned to measurement down; neither offered circumstantial reasons for their departure. Carr indicated helium intends to support up the pace, penning successful a blog post that "the amusement indispensable spell on."

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