The Senate narrowly advanced the nomination of Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission
before the two companies closed the transaction, disappointing some union and public interest groups that had urged the agency to take a harder line. But any effort to challenge the merger likely would have been complicated by the lack of a Democratic majority on the FTC given the expectation that two Republican commissioners were expected to vote against a challenge to the transaction.
Still, the Writers Guild of America, Teamsters and other groups have urged the FTC to still challenge the transaction even post-merger. An FTC spokesperson also did not rule out such a scenario. “The FTC does not comment on any particular matters. However, we reiterate that the Commission does not approve transactions and may challenge a deal at any time if it determines that it violates the law,” the spokesperson said.
Republicans opposed the Bedoya nomination by arguing that he would be too partisan for the agency, pointing to some of hios past social media posts.. That nomination also was deadlocked in the Senate Commerce Committee. Bedoya is the founding director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law. The FTC is expected to move to pass a comprehensive set of privacy rules for internet companies. The FTC and the Justice Department’s antitrust division are in the midst of a review of merger guidelines, with the expectation that they will lead to stricter enforcement.
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