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Senators confident reverse cap { June 2 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4004-2003Jun2.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4004-2003Jun2.html Senators Confident They Can Reverse TV Network Cap Reuters Monday, June 2, 2003; 3:19 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators opposed to television networks expanding their reach expressed confidence they had the votes to roll back a rule adopted by communications regulators on Monday. The group said it was pressing ahead with legislation to retain limits keeping a network from owning stations that together reach more than 35 percent of the national audience. The three Republican members of the Federal Communications Commission voted earlier on Monday against their two Democrat colleagues to raise the limit to 45 percent as part of a wider easing of decades-old media ownership rules. But Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi told a news conference there was no partisanship in Senate opposition to the new cap. "A lot of Republicans, in fact, probably most of the Republicans in Congress, would not agree with this decision," said Lott, the former Republican leader of the Senate. U.S. Senate Commerce Chairman John McCain said on Sunday he opposed the bill to preserve the 35 percent limit and doubted it would pass, but stopped short of saying he would work to block it. A similar measure in the U.S. House of Representatives has been opposed by Rep. Billy Tauzin, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee which has jurisdiction over the FCC, making passage more difficult. Lott and Sen. Ernest Hollings from South Carolina, the ranking Democrat on the Commerce Committee, both believed McCain would let them have a vote in the Senate committee. "I'm convinced, just noodling around, that we can get a majority vote and report that out (of committee) and get some action on the floor of the Senate," Hollings told reporters. Hollings said it was also possible the measure could be attached to an FCC spending bill, making clear no money was to be expended by the agency on the 45 percent cap rule. The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday on media ownership where all five FCC commissioners are due to testify. © 2003 Reuters

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