Frist is Hoping to Pass Indecency Measure.
Multichannel News, May, 2006 by Hearn, Ted
By Ted Hearn Washington-- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) last week moved to pass a Senate bill that would impose a tenfold increase in radio- and TV-indecency fines handed down by the Federal Communications Commission, his staff members said. Frist's plan faced long odds because he needed to obtain unanimous consent to discharge the bill from the Senate Commerce Committee and send it to the Senate floor.
Obtaining unanimous consent would have guaranteed the bill's passage. In a prepared statement, a Frist spokeswoman confirmed: "The leader is seeking unanimous consent to discharge from the Commerce Committee and pass S. 193, which increases the maximum fines the FCC may impose for indecency violations. It does not include other...
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