The Senate should pass an indecency bill authorizing the FCC to f...
The Senate should pass an indecency bill authorizing the FCC to fine broadcasters for airing any program that includes a single obscenity or one nude image, said Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. He co-sponsored the Protecting Children…
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from Indecent Programming Act (S-1780), approved by the Senate Commerce Committee. Enactment of the bill would nullify a remand of the FCC’s fleeting indecency policy by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. Though many senators seem to back it, the bill’s prospects for quick Senate floor action don’t seem good, Hill sources said.