Brownback's Push for Tougher FCC Defeated

BROWNBACK'S PUSH FOR TOUGHER FCC DEFEATED
[SOURCE: MediaWeek, AUTHOR: Brooks Boliek]
Lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday turned back Sen. Sam Brownback's (R-Kansas) attempt to strengthen the government's hand regulating content. Sen Brownback, one of Congress' most conservative members and a presidential hopeful, attempted to get a pair of anti-content amendments tacked on to a government spending bill but could not muster enough votes on the committee to win. One of the amendments would restore the FCC's power to fine broadcasters for a slip of the tongue, while the other would allow the commission to regulate violent content like it does indecent speech. Appropriations Committee chairman Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) asked Sen Brownback to withdraw the amendments and bring them up on the floor. Sen Brownback refused, asking for a voice vote on the indecency measure, only to have it fail. He then withdrew the amendment on violent content.
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