Senate Commerce Committee Deadlocks on FTC Pick Bedoya

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ranking member Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) talk before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021. Drew Angerer/Pool via AP

The Senate Commerce Committee deadlocked on a vote to confirm Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination to become one of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) five commissioners.

On Dec. 1, the committee voted 14–14 on the nomination, but under Senate rules, it can proceed to the full Senate for a vote.