The Senate on March 30 narrowly voted to advance President Joe Biden’s nomination for Federal Trade Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, bringing him one step closer to being confirmed. Biden nominated Bedoya, a Georgetown University law professor, in September to join the board of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which deals primarily with antitrust and consumer protection law. If confirmed, Bedoya would join the FTC under newly installed Chair Lina Khan, and give Democrats a 3–2 majority. However, what was meant to be a quick process on Wednesday instead played out for hours and resulted in Vice President Kamala Harris traveling to Capitol Hill to cast the final vote and break a 50-50 tie, thus making the final vote 51-50. The Senate Commerce Committee had previously deadlocked 14-14 on a vote to confirm Bedoya’s nomination to become one of the FTC’s five commissioners back in December. That meant that Democrats on Wednesday had to use a procedural move called a discharge …