参议院民主党人今日反对总统特朗普提名的联邦通信委员会空缺席位候选人，并批评共和党在民主党于2027年1月掌控国会之前推进确认新委员。民主党还计划明年利用其多数席位，对FCC主席布伦丹·卡尔发起调查。
Senate Democrats today opposed President Trump's nominee for an open Federal Communications Commission seat, and criticized Republicans for moving to confirm a new commissioner during the period before Democrats take control of Congress in January 2027. Democrats also plan to use their majority next year to launch probes of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
“美国人民上周压倒性地拒绝了MAGA议程，委员会在跛脚鸭期间推进党派提名人没有任何理由，”参议员埃德·马基（民主党-马萨诸塞州）今日在商务委员会对丹妮尔·图曼·塞弗斯的提名听证会上表示，塞弗斯是特朗普填补空缺委员席位的提名人。
"After the American people last week overwhelmingly rejected the MAGA agenda, there is no justification for this committee to advance partisan nominees during the lame-duck period," Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said today at the Commerce Committee's nomination hearing for Danielle Thumann Severs, Trump's pick to fill an empty commissioner's seat.
图曼·塞弗斯是一名律师，也是卡尔的高级法律顾问，她面临民主党关于是否支持卡尔对电视广播商攻击的质询。
Thumann Severs, an attorney and senior counsel to Carr, faced questions from Democrats about whether she supports Carr's attacks on TV broadcasters.