Bush Names New FCC Chair

President George Bush will appoint former advisor Kevin Martin to replace Michael Powell as the new FCC Commissioner.

“Bush named Martin, who has been a member of the FCC since 2001, to replace departing chairman Michael Powell, the White House announced today. Martin, a former special assistant to Bush for economic policy and a lawyer for the Bush 2000 campaign, has at times disagreed with Powell about how far the deregulation of incumbent local telecom carriers should go.

Bush’s decision was cheered by the telecom industry. Tom Tauke, executive vice president for public affairs, policy, and communications at Verizon Communications, praised Martin even though the regional Bell has disagreed with him on UNE-P.”

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