“The lawmakers will begin ‘a process to develop proposals’ to revise the 1934 telecommunications act, which was last rewritten in 1996, they said today in an e-mailed statement,” Shields reports. “Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, chairman of the Commerce Committee, and Representative Henry Waxman, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, are among those involved in the process, according to the statement.”
“A U.S. court in April said the Federal Communications Commission lacks power over Comcast Corp.’s Web practices, sparking debate over the agency’s power to regulate Internet service providers,” Shields reports. “FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on May 6 asserted authority under a part of the act written for telephone networks. Republican lawmakers said he improperly sought to expand regulation.”
Shields reports, “Today, 74 House Democrats in a letter told Genachowski they have ‘serious concerns’ about his proposed regulatory framework and urged him to await ‘additional direction from Congress.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]
Vote out Nostril-dam-us.
The comments so far are an amazing display of ignorance, prejudice, and bigotry. Maybe the Tea Party’s Tancredo was right: since we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote in this country, we promote such idiocy.
This isn’t a Republican or Democrat thing- all politicians will sell their souls and best interests off to the highest bidder or in a bid to keep their seat. The real difference is how each “clouds” their acts in rhetoric of their respective parties.
Term Limits- imagine that, you could only be in congress or the senate for two terms (depending on length or service or some such thing overall). After that…out you go!!
No career politicians getting cosy with big business. Hey, if the President has to do it, and governors of most states and mayors and so on….what makes these bums so special?
Oh yeah, they vote for themselves that kind of law.
We’re screwed.
@Hm..
“Maybe the Tea Party’s Tancredo was right: since we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote in this country, we promote such idiocy.”
This should not surprise you. The theory of Rational Irrationality, coupled with Cognitive Dissonance, makes us all idiots, at one time or another. And when we are not, we are prey to Public Choice, and special interests swaying the politicians who assume that we, as voters, are idiots.
This applies to both American political parties (and outside the US as well). Self-reliance is gone. We no longer learn from mistakes because we are told that government can make things all better–it will kiss my booboo and make the bad things go away, all I need to do is give this Father more power. And we do. Again, and again. And we remain children.
@ Contrarian
Shields reports, “Today, 74 House Democrats in a letter told Genachowski they have ‘serious concerns’ about his proposed regulatory framework and urged him to await ‘additional direction from Congress.'”
Dear god, no.
sob
no.
74 blithering corrupt duplicitous idiots with their fingers around the throat of modern telecommunications.
Goodbye freedom.
@Hm…
lol. thanks for that. i love the idea of politicians carrying signs too. great one.
We hate you commie trolls. You’re going down hard in the next two elections. You are so far off the mark on what it means to be an American. We have absolute contempt for your trying to destroy our great country in every way possible as fast as possible in your Saul Alinsky way. Go SCREW YOURSELVES!!!!!!
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9FU48200&show_article=1
Maobama at his best?????