WASHINGTON — As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to vote on its business data services [BDS] revamp proposal, which has drawn pushback from Congressional Republicans as well as cable ISPs, agency chairman Tom Wheeler is getting some pushback himself for not ramping down his regulatory agenda in the face of the recent election of President-elect Donald Trump.

Unsurprisingly, the chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) — who could be the chairman of the full committee after new assignments are voted on in the next couple of weeks — told Politico the FCC needs to cool its jets. "The notion of instituting new rules and regulations, cramming stuff out the door, is unnecessary, unwanted and unfair - and needs to cease and desist," Walden told the Hill news outlet.

In a blog post on Forbes.com, Fred Campbell, director of TechKnowledge and no fan of Wheeler's regulatory agenda, said "rather than focus on a smooth transition, Wheeler intends to keep pushing his partisan agenda to futility and beyond," citing the BDS vote among other things.

"Neither of the Republican commissioners have supported this [BDS revamp] idea and there is no reason to believe they’ll vote in favor of it now," he said, which is almost certainly the case.

Campbell pointed out that Wheeler has acknowledged that "elections have consequences." But one of those, apparently, is to light a fire under those still holding the levers, and in this case with a signal from the current president that he is not striking the flag just yet.

President Obama signaled in a press conference last week that he was going to continue to push for his agenda as long as he is in the White House — Wheeler's term as chairman will also be up when the new Administration takes over — so arguably Wheeler has marching orders of a sort, though the FCC is an independent agency.

The FCC circulated its agenda for the Nov. 17 public meeting two days after the election, and the BDS item, as well as one boosting the number of hours of video described programming cable and broadcast nets will have to provide, were still on the agenda.

He is also still seeking two more voted on his set-top revamp proposal, which is on circulation to the other commissioners.

The chairman's office declined comment. 

Several cable entertainment networks will join their cable news network brethren in covering tonight’s election results.

Showtime has teamed with CBS to telecast a live special starring The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, premiering at 11 p.m. on the premium cable channel. The uncensored special, Stephen Colbert’s Live election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Sh*t, will feature’s Colbert’s political satire as he watches the election returns come in.

Lifetime has partnered with ABC’s daytime talk show The View for a Election Night party-special beginning at 9 p.m. with guests including former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, Kathy Najimy, Vivica A. Fox, chef Rocco DiSpirito, Mario Cantone, and D.L. Hughley.

TV One beginning at 7 p.m. will celebrate the election with its six-hour News One Now 2016 Election Night Watch Party, hosted by Roland Martin and featuring such guests as Kerry Washington, Aretha Franklin, John Legend and Stevie Wonder.

On Comedy Central, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will air live at 11 p.m. with up to the minute election coverage, followed by the first ever live segment of @Midnight.

For viewers seeking a true escape from the election, The Weather Channel is currently running a nine-hour block of pristine and relaxing scenery set against soothing jazz music, according to network officials.

CNN will air a Democratic town hall live from Iowa tonight (Monday) at 9 p.m. ET. The final pitch to Iowa voters comes during an event at Drake University's Sheslow Auditorium in Des Moines a week before the presidential campaign's first votes are cast at the state's caucuses.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will appear first, followed by ex-Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and then former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, CNN said Monday, amid a tightening in opinion polls between the top two candidates. Each will have 30 minutes onstage and will face questions from audience members as well as CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.

The Iowa Democratic Party and Drake University invited the audience, which will also include some CNN guests. The town hall will also be live-streamed online and across mobile devices via CNNgo, the network said. CNN International and CNN en Espanol will also simulcast the town hall.