Brownback's Push for Tougher FCC Defeated

(Mediaweek) - Lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday turned back Sen. Sam Brownback's attempt to strengthen the government's hand regulating content.

The Kansas Republican, one of Congress' most conservative members and a GOP presidential hopeful, attempted to get a pair of anti-content amendments tacked on to a government spending bill but could not muster enough votes on the committee to win.

One of the amendments would restore the FCC's power to fine broadcasters for a slip of the tongue, while the other would allow the commission to regulate violent content like it does indecent speech.

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