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Submitted: October 18, 2007 - 8:35am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 10:02am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 10:02am
PENCE PUSHES VOTE AGAINST FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
[SOURCE: The Hill, AUTHOR: Klaus Marre]
Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) filed a discharge petition Wednesday to force a vote on legislation to ban the so-called Fairness Doctrine. A discharge petition allows a lawmaker to force an up-or-down vote in the House if it is signed by a majority of members. Republicans strongly oppose the Fairness Doctrine, saying it is a tool Democrats use to attack conservative talk show hosts. They are worried that forcing stations to make equal time for liberal talk radio would cut into profits so severely that radio executives would choose to scale back on conservative programming to avoid rising costs and interference from the government.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pence-pushes-vote-against-fairness-doctrine-2007-10-17.html
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