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House Won't Push Back Digital TV Transition
News —
... that would have postponed the deadline to June 13 of this year. The bill would have also extended the voucher program that subsidizes the converter boxes necessary for television owners to buy. 258 members, mostly Democrats, moved to pass the bill, but 155 Republicans — joined by 13 Democrats — voted to keep the deadline in place. View the roll call vote here. The transition is ...
Art Brodsky: Obama Had To Try Bipartisanship This Time -- Next Time Will Be Different
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... And yet, rather than make sure that the people in their districts would not have to contend with snowed-out TV, 155 House Republicans wanted more to embarrass President Obama, who had endorsed the transition. ...
The Republican Death Spiral
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... . This measure was approved unanimously by the Senate; every Senate Republican gave it the green light. But 155 out of 178 House Republicans voted against it, which resulted in the measure's defeat since a two-thirds majority would have been required for passage under the House's suspension of the rules. ...
Mitchell Bard: Republicans in the House Are Behaving Like the Collapse of Bush's Policies Never Happened
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. A two-thirds majority was necessary for passage in the House, but thanks to the GOP, the vote in support was only 258-168, with 155 Republicans joining 13 Democrats in opposition to the measure. It was such a noncontroversial proposal that the Senate unanimously approved it without a single objection. ...
A Republican Death Spiral?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... . This measure was approved unanimously by the Senate; every Senate Republican gave it the green light. But 155 out of 178
House Republicans voted against it, which resulted in the measure's
defeat since a two-thirds majority would have been required for passage
under the House's suspension of the rules. ...
