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still_one

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6. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 deregulated the media industry.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 08:42 PM
Jan 2017

Its objective was to open up markets to competition by removing regulatory barriers to entry, but as can be seen it was and is a disaster.

Yes, it is true that Bill Clinton signed the bill, but it could not have been done without Congress

Here are some of the more interesting votes:

Joe Lieberman voted NO
John McCain voted NO
Joe Biden voted YES
John Glenn voted YES
Ted Kennedy voted YES
John Kerry voted YES
Russ Feingold voted NO
Orin Hatch voted NO
Paul Simon voted NO
Barbara Boxer voted NO
Dianne Feinstein voted YES
David Pryor voted NO
Harry Reid voted NO
Bill Bradley voted YES
Daniel Moynihan voted NO
Robert Byrd voted NO

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/104-1995/s268

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