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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Senate Commerce Committee voted 24-0 on Tuesday to increase penalties for broadcast indecency, approving a bill that also would restrict televised depictions of violence and temporarily freeze media ownership deregulation.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), called Tuesday’s bipartisan vote “a powerful signal to (congressional) leadership and the industry that we’re going to move a bill.” Earlier he expressed apprehension that provisions addressing ownership and cable networks could weigh down the bill, leaving it unable to pass.
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