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WASHINGTION, D.C. The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to increase penalties for broadcast indecency nearly twentyfold, lending fresh momentum to a broad Washington offensive against coarse programming.
Final congressional passage awaits action by the Senate on its version of an indecency bill, and then negotiations to iron out differences between the measures. The Bush administration has said it supports indecency legislation.
The bill, approved 391-22 on Thursday, would increase the maximum possible fine to $500,000, up from the current $27,500.
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