GOP moves to stop ‘zombie votes’ at Democratic FTC

Published December 8, 2021 4:10pm ET



Republican senators are aiming to stop the Federal Trade Commission’s Democratic chairwoman, Lina Khan, from using the votes of departed commissioners to move her agenda forward.

Six Republican senators, led by Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, introduced legislation last week that would invalidate dozens of email votes left behind by Democrat Rohit Chopra when he left the agency in October.

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