The sponsors of FCC reform legislation in the House all...
The sponsors of FCC reform legislation in the House all have received large campaign contributions from PACs and people associated with industry groups who praised the bill (HR-3309), MapLight said last week. “Eight of the bill’s 10 sponsors have at…
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least one, if not several, FCC-regulated companies among their top 10 contributing organizations,” said MapLight, a nonprofit that cross-references political contributions to legislation, citing data from the Center for Responsive Politics. “The contributions listed are from employees of the companies listed as wells as PACs connected to the companies listed,” a MapLight research director said. Comcast made the top 10 list of five sponsors, while the [NCTA] made four top 10 lists.” In the period from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011, lead sponsor Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., received from PACs and employees $30,500 from Comcast, $25,500 from CenturyLink, $13,500 from AT&T, $13,000 from NAB and $11,800 from Clear Channel. The complete report is available at http://xrl.us/bm2xah. Walden’s office didn’t comment.