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... Brendan Carr is making the rounds with Senate Republicans ahead of next Wednesday's long-awaited FCC oversight hearing, where Democrats are expected to press the chair over his comments threatening broadcasters for airing ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

Carr is privately holding individual meetings with at least six Republican members on the Senate Commerce Committee, those lawmakers told POLITICO. The Republicans broadly indicated they are ready to move on from the controversy over Carr's comments, and used their meetings to focus on other issues before the Federal Communications Commission. ...