RE: Telecommunications Act (Lack of) Coverage

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On 3 May 2001,  Hakim Madjid wrote:

> 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.
 
There was much in the Telecommunications Act that had been in the works 
for some time before the Republicans took over Congress.  The Broadcasting 
provisions were actually a fairly small part of the act.  And I think the 
broadcast industry lobbyists made sure that the attention was on other 
parts of the act as much as possible.


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