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Tauzin-Dingell Passes House, Draws Early Fire From Senate
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posted by turmis
on Sunday March 03, @06:12AM
from the The-baby-bells-are-mighty-hear-them-roar dept.
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The controversial Tauzin-Dingell Bill passed in the House today on a 271-158 vote. The bill allows regional Bell companies to enter the broadband market and limit infrastructure access to their competitors; it also imposes a ban on state regulation of broadband rates. The original version of the bill suffered a few harsh amendments and may encounter a much harder battle in the Senate; nonetheless, the House's passage was a big victory for the regional telephone companies. Senator Ernest Hollings (D, SC) called the bill "blasphemy," and vowed to block it...
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from his position as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. (I didn't know God had a stake in DSL.) Senator Hollings is the author of the controversial SSSCA, which was considered in a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee last Thursday. Opponents to the Tauzin-Dingell bill have said that "Senators in both parties have no use for this legislation." On the other hand, Senate Majority Leader Daschle (D,SD) suggested that a compromise would be helpful. Some of the amendments added to the bill give the FCC a broader power to penalize telecom providers that do not comply with the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
More news is at Internet.com, Newsbytes, and the New York Times.
For an interesting analysis of the effect of campaign contributions on the bill, see opensecrets.org.
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