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Showing 1-8 of 8 results foundFCC vote on AT&T-BellSouth merger postponed
October 13, 2006 Commission cancels Friday meeting, pushes back vote on the proposed $80 billion merger until Nov. 3.Anger grows over NSA surveillance report
May 12, 2006 Senators promise immediate hearings after report the agency secretly obtained tens of millions of phone records.Senate won't quiz telecoms about NSA spying
June 6, 2006 Republican senator abandons pledge to call telecom CEOs to testify about surveillance, saying now's not the right time.House rejects Net neutrality rules
June 9, 2006 House of Representatives sides with broadband providers like Verizon and AT&T over Internet companies.Commissioner won't break AT&T-BellSouth deadlock
December 18, 2006 FCC member who formerly lobbied on behalf of Bell competitors says he won't vote on merger because of ethics considerations.AT&T-BellSouth vote raises new concerns
December 6, 2006 Democrats and others question the FCC chief's request to allow an official with a conflict of interest to break an expected tie vote.NSA telecom immunity still unsettled in Senate
November 16, 2007 Due to procedural oddity, question of whether to shield companies from suits alleging cooperation with the NSA won't be resolved until final floor vote.Senate Democrats badger FCC boss on Net neutrality
February 1, 2007 But the hearing, cut short by votes on the Senate floor, doesn't produce the fireworks some expected from the face-off. Sponsored matches for "Republican"
