https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/12/senate-may-confirm-trump-fcc-nominee-next-week-cementing-2-2-deadlock/ > Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has moved to end debate over a Trump nomination that would deadlock the Federal Communications Commission, setting up a vote that could happen as soon as next week. > McConnell yesterday filed a cloture motion on Trump's nomination of Republican Nathan Simington to the FCC. McConnell's motion came one day after the Senate Commerce Committee voted 14-12 along party lines to advance the nomination to the full Senate.