With her pending nomination to become Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), examination of McMahon's record in preparation for her facing United States Senate confirmation began. In December she received media attention including from "The Wall Street Journal", which noted that "part of her 2012 campaign, [the nominee's economic plan called for getting rid of 'outdated/ineffective and duplicative programs,' and expressed support for a 2012 proposal by President Barack Obama to merge the SBA, the Commerce Department's core functions and four other entities into one unit". The merger proposal, which did not proceed far toward approval at the time, would have eliminated the Cabinet-level post to which McMahon was nominated. The "Connecticut Post" of Bridgeport, Connecticut, examined issues of potential conflicts of interest from remaining WWE stock holdings and other financial assets, as well as of the relationship between WWE and smaller businesses in the wrestling world, with critics and supporters cited. "The Hill" provided a venue for two industry representatives to specify how they hoped McMahon would reform the agency she's been tapped to lead.