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Top 10 facts about the world. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an agency of the United States charged with regulating essentially all communications in or originating in the United States.
Congress and the FCC: An Uneasy Relationship Submitted on December 1, 2014 President Barack Obamaâs recent statement urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to âreclassifyâ broadband Internet services has exposed many people to something they havenât had reason to think about: the FCC is an independent agency, not truly part of the Executive Branch. Actually, the FCC is in some ways more nearly akin to an arm of the Congress, and exercises quasi-legislative powers when it adopts rules implementing the Communications Act. The relationship between the FCC and the Executive Branch is a worthy topic to explore, but in light of the recent Republican takeover of the Senate, this post will address the relationship between the FCC and Congress. Apart from the power to legislate, Congress has several means of influencing actions of the FCC.