{"article":{"id":63618,"heading":"Senate committee vote to reverse FCC decision","author":"lippy from cleveland","created":"2003-06-07 15:13:35","modified":"2003-06-07 15:13:35","last_modified":"Sat, 07 Jun 2003 22:13:35","article":"<p>According to reclaimthemedia.org the Senate Commerce Committee is voting on June 19 to reverse some of the FCC decisions.  <br><br> I can't find the text of the bill, but you can read the transcript of the June 4 hearing at <a href=\"http:\/\/commerce.senate.gov\/hearings\/witnesslist.cfm?id=796\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/commerce.senate.gov\/hearings\/witnesslist.cfm?id=796<\/a> <br><br> Oddly enough, the \"Honorable\" Michael K. Powell's remarks aren't posted... <br><br> Some members of the House want to introduce similar legislation in the House, but their Energy and Commerce Committee's chairman, Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), supports the FCC's new rules. <br><br> You should email your Representative, especially if you're from his district! (That's the 3rd district, you can figure it out on this website.) <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/causenet.commoncause.org\/afr\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=2446521\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/causenet.commoncause.org\/afr\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=2446521<\/a> <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Legislation to reverse FCC decision of June 2. This decision allows media corporations to own broadcast outlets and newspapers in the same town.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/06\/63618.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}