Wednesday, July 15, 2009

House Dems Ban Broadcaster Freedom Act


Is there really any remaining doubt that these people aren't working for Al-Qaeda or North Korea, if only in spirit?

Yes, Mike Pence is now my primary news source.

Rules Committee Rejects Broadcaster Freedom Amendment Along Partisan Lines

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence released the following statement in response to the news that the Democrat-majority Rules Committee had rejected the ‘Broadcaster Freedom Amendment' which would have prevented the Federal Communications Commission from reinstating the so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine' and enacting proposed broadcast localism regulations for the next fiscal year. All Democrats present voted against allowing the amendment to the Financial Services Appropriations Bill, which funds the FCC, on a final vote of 7-4.

"The First Amendment is not a partisan issue. The preservation of freedom is the paramount duty of every elected Representative and should take precedence over partisan politics.

"Today Congress had an opportunity to allow the American people and their elected Representatives to ensure the freedom of the airwaves and today Congress said ‘no.'

NOTE:

Democrat Members of the Rules Committee who are cosponsors of the Broadcaster Freedom Act are Congressman Michael Arcuri (NY) and Congressman Jared Polis (CO).

Democrat Members of the Rules Committee who previously voted for the Pence Amendment in 2007 were Congressman Dennis Cardoza (CA), Congressman Ed Perlmutter (CO) and Congressman Alcee Hastings (FL).

Good, now we know who might not get strung up like Mussolini when it's time to take back our country. Not so fast, there, Hastings...

1 comment:

  1. Well, I'm not surprised.

    For months now, it's been very clear what this administration is all about, and it ain't freedom and American principles.

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