On a three to two party-line vote, the FCC approved somewhat watered down new rules on the last day Congress was in session.

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The newly partisan tone was evident in the confirmation hearings for Mr. Cuomo's first nominee for the Court of Appeals, Jenny Rivera, who was questioned for hours over two days before being approved on a party-line Judiciary Committee vote.

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