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US FTC chair, commissioner concede to leaving quietly if fired by Democratic president

By By Khushita Vasant and Dwight A. Weingarten ( April 16, 2026, 03:31 GMT | Insight) -- US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador told lawmakers Wednesday they would depart the agency quietly if they were fired by a Democratic president in 2029. At a Congressional oversight hearing, US Senators got into tense exchanges with each other as well as with the FTC chairman over the legality of a nearly century-old law which deals with the power to remove members of independent agencies.US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador told lawmakers Wednesday they would depart the agency quietly if they were fired by a Democratic president in 2029. At a Congressional oversight hearing, US Senators got into tense exchanges with each other as well as with the FTC chairman over the legality of a nearly century-old law which deals with the power to remove members of independent agencies....

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