RE: Telecommunications Act (Lack of) Coverage

["Hakim Madjid" <HMadjid@mindspring.com>]

I seem to remember, that in the Senate, that the Telecommunications act
passed quite  overwhelmingly, something like 99 to 1. McCain was the lone
'NO' vote. So at least in the Senate it seemed quite bi-partisan in favor,
so one can't blame just the Republicans, or Democrats alone.
I don't remember what the vote margin was in the House.

73, de Hakim (N1ZFF)

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From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
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Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 6:55 PM
To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
Subject: Telecommunications Act (Lack of) Coverage


It's been commented here many times and many ways that there
was little coverage of the Telecommunications Act as it
wended its way thought the alimentary canal of the legislative
process, and that may be true.  But a year or so thereafter
Bill Moyers did a 60- or 90-minute documentary on the
results of the bill.  Much blame has been attributed to
the (R)'s, as if The Great Pardoner was an innocent
bystander;  but the Moyers documentary showed the
ex-Prez not only signing the bill, but making a very
laudatory speech about it afterward.
Just wanted to remind the host of LTAR of that fact!

Laurence Glavin

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