Three Congressional Democrats back a petition to the...
Three Congressional Democrats back a petition to the FCC (http://bit.ly/UO5y1O) from Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause and the Sunlight Foundation, they told FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in a letter Thursday. “Adoption of this petition would enhance campaign disclosure by requiring…
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cable, satellite, and broadcast radio stations to post existing political file documents to the FCC’s online database,” said the letter from Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., House Commerce Committee ranking member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. (http://1.usa.gov/1p2Eg0g). “As of July 1, 2014, all broadcast television stations are already subject to this simple requirement which greatly improves the accessibility of the political advertising data disclosed in the political file.” The 2014 midterm elections are poised to be the “most expensive” in the history of the U.S., the Democratic lawmakers said. The FCC should “consider taking steps to enhance the accessibility of online political file documents,” they said.