The FCC would get $352.5 million in fiscal 2011 under an...
The FCC would get $352.5 million in fiscal 2011 under an appropriations bill approved Thursday night by voice vote in the House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee. That’s the amount President Barack Obama requested and 5 percent more than the $335.8…
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million the commission got for fiscal 2010. The FTC would get $319 million in fiscal 2011 under the House bill, $5 million more than Obama’s request and 9 percent more than the commission got for fiscal 2010. Earlier Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill to give the FCC $355.8 million for fiscal 2011, a committee spokesman said. The FTC would get $314 million, the amount approved earlier in the week by the Financial Services Subcommittee (CD July 28 p13). Senate Appropriations voted 18-12 to report the measure, Republicans casting all the “no” votes. They objected not to the FCC or FTC budget but to the total spending proposed by the Senate. In the House subcommittee markup, Chairman José Serrano, D-N.Y., said the FTC is one of two agencies that “will improve their websites and telephone services for all consumers, including Spanish speaking consumers.” Subcommittee member John Culberson, R-Texas, didn’t make good on his threat to offer an amendment to prevent the FCC from spending money to regulate the Internet. He no longer plans to offer it, a House staffer said.