CauseNET for September 15, 2003
THE VOTE WILL BE CLOSE: Call Your Senator today by using the Capitol Switchboard: 202.224.3121.
Tell your Senator to support the Dorgan-Lott Resolution to overturn the FCC's June 2 vote.
Your voice is getting through to Congress! The full Senate will hold an historic vote on media consolidation tomorrow (Tuesday, September 16). Thanks to the millions of calls, letters and petitions from Americans from across the country and the political spectrum, the Dorgan-Lott resolution has moved through the Senate to a vote of the full floor at record pace. This is another example of how your efforts have kept this issue front and center.
The Dorgan-Lott resolution uses the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn all the media consolidation rules the FCC approved on June 2. The CRA acts as a sort of congressional veto. Congress has successfully used this legislative tactic only once before, just more evidence of the strong bipartisan desire in Congress to address the issue of media consolidation and corporate control of the airwaves.
We expect the vote to be extremely close on Tuesday so your calls will really count! This vote is important because it is the first opportunity the Senate has had to address this issue and for Senators to publicly be counted. A resounding victory for the Dorgan-Lott Resolution sends a clear signal to the House and Senate leadership and the White House that the FCC rules must be rolled back.
Click here to read the latest Common Cause update on media consolidation:
http://www.commoncause.org/action/ac...=79&topicid=11
Again, call Your Senator today by using the Capitol Switchboard: 202.224.3121. Tell your Senator to support the Dorgan-Lott Resolution to overturn the FCC's June 2 vote using the Congressional Review Act.
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