Congress, White House Said to Settle Media Fight

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. legislators gave in to White House pressure on Monday and agreed to allow increased control of the airwaves by television networks, removing an obstacle to a massive spending bill, aides said.

The White House had threatened to veto the entire $390 billion catch-all spending package if lawmakers had gone ahead with a plan to bar television networks, for one year, from owning local stations that together reach over 35 percent of the national audience.

The measure includes funding for the Federal Communications Commission.

The compromise agreed to by Republican leaders would instead permanently set that cap at 39 percent, several House and Senate aides said. ``That was our last, best offer and the White House took it,'' said a senior Senate Republican aide.

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-media-congress.html

[Momof1]

1. Jeez,

They are all SLUTS & WHORES. IS THEIR A POLITICIAN THAT WE CAN TRUST?

[Ecotopian]

2. LET CONGRESS FEEL OUR WRATH!

Vote all of them damn bastards out! Alright, at least the ones who either have or will support that godless rule.

[schultzee]

3. They are selling our future to the corporate greed pigs!

[0007]

4. They've sold it!

junior's rolling right through us.