Protocol reports the lack of bipartisanship is plaguing the confirmation process for Federal Trade Commissioner nominee Alvaro Bedoya. The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce will seek to move Bedoya's nomination to the full Senate this week after his initial nomination in September 2021 expired with the turn of the calendar. Staff aides for Republican lawmakers claim a lack of tough talk on Big Tech antitrust has stymied Bedoya's candidacy while the progressive work done thus far by FTC Chair Lina Khan may also be a factor.
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