House Overrides FCC Regulations

The House successfully voted 240-179 recently against the FCC's behavior as of late. The vote will move to the Senate where it will need 51 votes. President Obama has said that upon arriving at his desk (should it pass the Senate), he will veto. The Senate will then need 67 votes to override the veto.

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Notice in this article how the major talking points revolve around the notion of the Obama administration (or government in general) being put in its place rather than the specifics surrounding the FCC's actions or what its regulations actually dictate. The idea that its regulations promote fairness seems to be overlooked in lieu of the rhetorical "government abusing power" concept.

Stay tuned for updates on the voting process.

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I want to express my understanding that much of the discussion here, too, is about the administration circumventing Congress by empowering its agencies to act on its behalf. As I do concede that executive authority should definitely be checked, the inability of Congress to address this issue necessitates FCC intervention.