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Bipartisan FCC Process Reform Bill Gains Momentum

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After three years of going nowhere in the Senate, a bill to reform how the Federal Communications Commission does business may finally get passed, now that it has Democratic backing. 


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Wireless Spectrum Auction Depends Increasingly on Broadcasters

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Perhaps the best chance Washington has to alleviate dropped calls, limited data services and other mobile nuisances caused by a lack of wireless spectrum is the Federal Communication Commission’s auction [...]

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Déjà Vu at House Hearing on FCC Process Reform

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It was déjà vu today when a House subcommittee once again revisited a pair of bills aimed at reforming how the Federal Communications Commission does business. Democrats didn’t like the bills [...]

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Rep. Greg Walden Renews Push for FCC Changes

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Not much has changed politically since last Congress when Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), head of the House subcommittee on communications and technology, introduced a pair of bills to reform how [...]

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Hearing on Satellite TV Act Turns Into State of Video Hearing

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A hearing on a 25-year-old law law governing whether or not satellite TV services can carry out-of-market signals quickly broadened into a discussion on the state of video.

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Rockefeller Finally Weighs In on Wheeler FCC Nom

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Maybe because everyone in Washington already spent months chewing over Tom Wheeler's qualifications as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission—or maybe it was because Congress was on a [...]