S.Amdt. 662Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)

To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 662 proposed by Senator Thune.(consideration: CR S2931-2932, S2935-2936, S2942; text: CR S2931)

March 10, 2009

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 662 proposed by Senator Thune.(consideration: CR S2931-2932, S2935-2936, S2942; text: CR S2931)

March 10, 2009

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 662 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 50. Record Vote Number: 92.

March 10, 2009

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 662 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 50. Record Vote Number: 92.

March 10, 2009

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Amendment SA 662 proposed by Senator Thune. (consideration: CR S2931-2932, S2935-2936, S2942; text: CR S2931) To prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Communications Commission to repromulgate the Fairness Doctrine.

March 10, 2009

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Amendment SA 662 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 50. Record Vote Number: 92.

March 10, 2009

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Senate amendment submitted

March 4, 2009

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SENATE

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March 10, 2009 at 5:02 PM

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 662 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009)

Majority required: 1/2 (50%)

Failed

47 - 50

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Proposed · Mar 10, 2009 Submitted · Mar 4, 2009

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SA 662. Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Enzi)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R.
1105, making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 410, after line 2, insert the following:
Sec. 753.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe
any rule, regulation, policy, doctrine, standard, guideline,
or other requirement that has the purpose or effect of
reinstating or repromulgating (in whole or in part)the
requirement that broadcasters present or ascertain opposing
viewpoints on issues of public importance, commonly referred
to as the ``Fairness Doctrine'', as such doctrine was
repealed in In re Complaint of Syracuse Peace Council against
Television Station WTVH, Syracuse New York, 2 FCC Rcd. 5043
(1987).
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