100,000 people ask Biden, will ya break that 2-2 FCC deadlock already?

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Over 105,000 people have signed a petition urging President Biden to quickly break the Federal Communications Commission's 2-2 deadlock between Democrats and Republicans.

Senate Republicans created the 2-2 deadlock in December 2020 by confirming a Trump nominee during the lame-duck session before Democrats took control of the White House and Senate. If not for that confirmation, the FCC would have had a 2-1 Democratic majority heading into Biden's presidency. But with the FCC stuck in partisan deadlock, consumer advocates say that Biden must act quickly to add a Democratic commissioner.

The petition is on the Battle for the Net website operated by advocacy groups Fight for the Future and Demand Progress. The groups said:

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