Senate Votes To Roll Back FCC’s Loosening Of Media Regulations; Veto Pen Looms
By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 16 May 2008 04:46 AM PST
Last night the Senate voted to roll back the FCC’s decision to loosen media cross-ownership rules, which it announced last December. The Senate vote comes less than a month after the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved the same thing. The “resolution of disapproval” was passed by a voice vote, according to the AP. So what does this mean right away? Not much: Even if the House does the same thing, President Bush’s veto pen most likely lies in wait. But if the November elections usher in a President less sympathetic towards media deregulation, we know the Senate has the appetite to push the issue.
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