Key Votes
S J Res 17 - FCC Media Ownership bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
John McCain III voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (55-40) - Sept. 16, 2003 (Key vote)
Title: FCC Media Ownership bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a joint resolution that states disapproval of the FCC's ownership of media rule.
Highlights:
- Censures the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its rule concerning broadcast media ownership.
- Criticizes the FCC for its rule that would loosen the ban on widespread ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same market and the restrictions on common ownership of radio and television outlets in the same market with Cross Media Limits.
Sponsors
- Byron L. Dorgan (ND - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Max S. Baucus (MT - D)
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- Maria Cantwell (WA - D)
- Susan M. Collins (ME - R)
- Jon Stevens Corzine (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- John Reid Edwards (NC - ) (Out Of Office)
- Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ernest F. 'Fritz' Hollings (SC - ) (Out Of Office)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel K. Inouye (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy Peter 'Tim' Johnson (SD - D)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D)
- Carl Levin (MI - D)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. (FL - D)
- Mark Lunsford Pryor (AR - D)
- John Francis 'Jack' Reed (RI - D)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ron Wyden (OR - D)
