Reply #5: DeMint bill passes 87-11 February 26, 2009

[FreakinDJ]

- The DeMint amendment (Broadcaster Freedom Act) would ban the Fairness Doctrine.

Senate tunes out Fairness Doctrine, 87-11

The Senate voted Thursday in favor of an amendment to the District of Columbia voting-rights bill that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the so-called Fairness Doctrine, which critics say would decimate conservative talk radio.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/senate-tunes-out-fa...