2004 Presidential Transition
Michael Powell announced his resignation as FCC Chairman yesterday. Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [January 22, 2005, "FCC Chairman Powell to quit, as expected"]. From the article, "Administration officials and industry executives said that two leading contenders had emerged to succeed Powell, who is the son of Colin Powell, the outgoing secretary of state. One is Kevin Martin, a Republican commissioner and former White House official who several times foiled Powell's attempts to deregulate broadcasters and telephone companies. The other is Becky Klein, a former Texas regulator appointed in the 1990s by President Bush, who was then the state's governor. Klein lost a congressional bid two months ago. Her campaign received a large amount of financial support from executives at telecommunications companies who expected she would be a top contender for the FCC job. Both Martin and Klein have close ties to Bush and track records that are less ideological than Powell's. Both have taken steps as regulators that at times have angered the large Bell companies and at other times pleased them."
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