 Endorsed by Senate Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell, AT&T's efforts to block McDowell's renomination were unsuccessful, as Commissioner McDowell was reconfirmed June 2009.Commissioner McDowell traveled to over 20 television markets to raise awareness about the digital television transition and wrote numerous op-eds on the topic.He was especially critical that the Commission lacked a coordinated call center response only one month prior to the original February 17, 2009 cut-off date.