Resolution of Disapproval: Federal Communications Commission Media Ownership Rules (S.J. Res. 28/H.J. Res. 79)
Senate Joint Resolution 28, introduced by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), would have rescinded the Federal Communications Commission's December 2007 vote to remove the "newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership" ban prohibiting one company from owning a broadcast station and the major daily newspaper in the same media market. It passed in the Senate on May 15, 2008. The House version of the resolution was introduced by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Dave Reichert (R-Wash.).
Free Press strongly supported this bill.
Get the facts about the Senate version here.
Get the facts about the House version here.
COSPONSORS: Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Byron L. Dorgan, Christopher J. Dodd, Dianne Feinstein, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John F. Kerry, Jon Tester, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Maria Cantwell, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Ted Stevens, Tom Harkin
SUPPORTING MATERIALS: sjres28.pdf
BILL DETAILS: Track the Resolution's progress here
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