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05/21/2013 | FCC Now Down to Three Commissioners
With the departure of Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Robert McDowell this past weekend, the FCC now only has three of its full complement of five Commissioners.
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03/26/2013 | FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell to Step Down
FCC Commissioner Julius Genachowski and FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell both announced last week that they would be leaving the Commission.
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11/01/2011 | President Obama Names Two Nominees for FCC Commissioner
President Barack Obama has nominated two new FCC Commissioners: Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Varadaraj Pai. Rosenworcel has been nominated to replace retiring Commissioner Michael Copps. President Obama selected Ajit Varadaraj Pai to fill the seat vacated
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05/12/2011 | FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker to Leave FCC in June
On Thursday, May 12, FCC Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker announced she would be leaving her post on June 3 -- just 27 days before her term expires -- creating a Republican vacancy on the Commission. Chairman Julius Genachowski, along with Commissioners
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06/30/2009 | It's Official: Julius Genachowski Sworn In As FCC Chairman
On the afternoon of Monday, June 29, US Supreme Court Justice David Souter -- in one his last official duties on the high court -- swore in Julius Genachowski as the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski, who clerked for Soute
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06/28/2009 | Senate Confirms Genachowski as FCC Chairman; McDowell Confirmed for Second Term
Just nine day after Julius Genachowski -- the man President Barack Obama picked to head the Federal Communications Commission -- appeared before the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Senate confirmed his nomination as FCC Chairm
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06/26/2009 | President Obama Nominates Meredith Attwell Baker and Mignon Clyburn to be FCC Commissioners
On the same day -- June 25 -- that the Senate confirmed the nominations of Julius Genachowski as FCC Chairman and current Commissioner Robert McDowell, President Barack Obama nominated Democrat Mignon Clyburn and Republican Meredith Attwell Baker to be FC
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06/19/2009 | FCC Chairman Nominee Genachowski, Current Commissioner McDowell Face Confirmation Hearings
On June 16, Julius Genachowski -- the man President Barack Obama picked to head the Federal Communications Commission -- and current FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell appeared before the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for their con
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