Tancredo Announces 'Overdue' Immigration Reform
Fairness Doctrine Target of New Measure by GOP Senators
CNS: Republican Announces 'Overdue' Immigration Reform - Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) plans to introduce legislation that would overhaul the U.S. immigration system by placing tighter restrictions on legal immigration and increasing pressure on illegal immigrants currently in the country to leave. "Throughout the immigration debate, out of touch amnesty-only critics of enforcement have tried to hide behind their cry of 'what is your solution?' Well this week we will show them and the president what immigration reform should look like and what the American people deserve," Tancredo said in a statement on Wednesday. Tentatively dubbed the Optimizing Visa Entry Rules and Demanding Uniformed Enforcement (OVERDUE) bill . . . Full Story
CNS: Fairness Doctrine Target of New Measure by GOP Senators - The battle over whether to reinstate the controversial Fairness Doctrine moved to the Senate on Wednesday, where Republicans introduced a measure intended to permanently prevent the FCC from using what they called "the heavy hand of government control over talk radio." A liberal media analyst criticized the move, telling CNS that conservative media had once again "whipped the Republicans into a frenzy over a fake issue." Taking aim at the regulation, which required broadcasters to present both sides of a controversial issue and remained in force from 1949 until the late 1980s, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) addressed a news conference on Capitol Hill: "Today, in an age of high-speed Internet, broadband technology and satellite radio, when we have incredible opportunities for people to get access to information, bringing back the so-called Fairness Doctrine is a bad idea, and it's certainly not fair." . . . Full Story
Tags: CNS, fairness doctrine, immigration reform, Norm Coleman, presidential candidate, Tom Tancredo, US House, US Senate
CNS: Fairness Doctrine Target of New Measure by GOP Senators - The battle over whether to reinstate the controversial Fairness Doctrine moved to the Senate on Wednesday, where Republicans introduced a measure intended to permanently prevent the FCC from using what they called "the heavy hand of government control over talk radio." A liberal media analyst criticized the move, telling CNS that conservative media had once again "whipped the Republicans into a frenzy over a fake issue." Taking aim at the regulation, which required broadcasters to present both sides of a controversial issue and remained in force from 1949 until the late 1980s, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) addressed a news conference on Capitol Hill: "Today, in an age of high-speed Internet, broadband technology and satellite radio, when we have incredible opportunities for people to get access to information, bringing back the so-called Fairness Doctrine is a bad idea, and it's certainly not fair." . . . Full Story
Tags: CNS, fairness doctrine, immigration reform, Norm Coleman, presidential candidate, Tom Tancredo, US House, US Senate
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