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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doug R who wrote (431388)	7/22/2003 5:19:32 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 769670

Bush Stands Up for Fat Cat Media Tycoon Monopoly WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said Tuesday it would consider vetoing a large spending bill if it reimposed media-ownership caps that were recently relaxed by the Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites). Reuters Photo A House of Representatives committee altered a spending bill for the FCC (news - web sites) and other government agencies last week to prevent the FCC from approving deals that would permit television networks from owning stations reaching more than 35 percent of the national audience. "If this provision or a provision like it with respect to any one of the other FCC Rules is contained in the final legislation to the President, his Senior Advisors would recommend that he veto the bill," the Office of Management and Budget said in a statement. * Does Bush care about people or democracy at all? Almost no one in the country agrees with him on this.