Blackburn Bill to Strip FCC Authority Even if Cable Reaches 70/70
Broadcasting & Cable, November 29, 2007
By John Eggerton
Only hours after the Federal Communications Commission said it did not have sufficient data to conclude that the cable industry had met the so-called 70/70 threshold for possible regulation, a Republican member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee said she plans to introduce a bill that would prevent the FCC from using that benchmark to regulate cable even if the threshold were met.
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