FCC Process Reform Bills Advance in House

Vote on markup split along party lines

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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