Democrats were powerless to stop two bills that would reform the Federal Communications Commission's procedures and merger reviews from advancing in the GOP-controlled House. In a party line vote taken Wednesday, the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee voted 14-9 to send the legislation to the full chamber.
Among the changes proposed, the bills would require the FCC to conduct cost-benefit analyses prior to rulemaking, set shot clocks for all its procedures, and release the full text of rules prior to votes.
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