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Comment: US FTC Republicans Wilson, Phillips will be replaced, but timeline depends on lawmakers

By Michael Acton ( February 15, 2023, 23:37 GMT | Comment) -- The noisy exit of the Federal Trade Commission’s sole remaining Republican commissioner, Christine Wilson, doesn’t immediately impact the functioning of the agency, which can operate with only three of its five members. But it poses the question of how and when US President Joe Biden, the Senate Democratic leadership and Senate Republicans will fill the two open Republican slots at the FTC. With no statutory requirements to fast-track the process, it could take some time – especially as Republicans themselves are split on the question of how aggressively the antitrust laws should be applied. The noisy resignation of the FTC’s sole remaining Republican commissioner, Christine Wilson, doesn’t immediately impact the functioning of the agency, which can operate with only three of its five members....

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