It looks like the House tonight will debate delaying the digital TV transition to June 12, but no vote will take place until sometime tomorrow. House action today on other bills is pushing back the start of the DTV debate, according to a spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. The Senate...
Congress could make official a delay in the digital TV transition to June 12 as soon as tomorrow, sending legislation postponing the digital TV transition to President Barack Obama before week’s end. On Monday night, hours after the Senate unanimously approved delaying the DTV transition from Feb. 17...
The possibility that Congress may not delay the digital TV transition, despite a request from President Barack Obama, was raised today by the sudden cancellation of a House committee’s expected vote on a bill changing the DTV switch date. The cancellation doesn’t necessarily mean that House Democrats...
Consumers Union is asking Congress and the White House to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17, citing problems with the government coupon program for DTV converter boxes and other worries. In letters today to President George W. Bush, President-elect Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman,...
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The incoming chairmen of the Senate and House committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission are urging its chairman, Kevin Martin, to devote his remaining days to the digital TV transition and to postpone FCC action on several controversial issues. The warning from U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman...
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