Groups Ask Senate Not to Block FCC Political File Order

Fans of the Federal Communications Commission's online political file order have written the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee asking them not to try to block funding of that new rule, as their House counterparts have done. In a letter to the Hill, Free Press, Common Cause, the Sunlight Foundation and 16 other groups asked those senators to oppose an FCC appropriations bill that would block implementation of the requirement that TV stations send their political files, including spot prices, to the FCC for online posting, likely beginning sometime late next month or August.