Senate Confirms All 5 FTC Nominees Under Unanimous Consent

The Senate confirmed all five of President Donald Trump's FTC nominees Thursday evening under unanimous consent. The nominees include antitrust lawyer Joseph Simons, whom Trump plans to designate chairman. The others are former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Assistant Director Rohit Chopra; Noah Phillips, aide to Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas; Rebecca Slaughter, former chief counsel to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; and Delta Air Lines' Christine Wilson.

The confirmations followed negotiations that lasted through Thursday afternoon. All five nominees “cleared the hotline” on the Senate Republican side by the afternoon, as we previously reported, but the Democrats were “trying to reach an understanding” with the White House, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told us ahead of the deal.