House Dems to Fight FCC Process Reform

Vote on markup to split along party lines

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Democrats are expected to fight GOP attempts to move along legislation that would reform how the Federal Communications Commission operates. In a 12-page House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee staff memo, Democrats found little they liked about the two bills that will be marked up Wednesday by the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

The two bills were introduced earlier this month by the subcommittee chairman, former broadcaster Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), who has taken aim at the FCC for a number of its decisions.

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