WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif., has introduced the Protecting Community Television Act (H.R. 5659) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to "modify the definition of franchise fee." The bill was introduced on Jan. 21 and has 21 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., James McGovern, D-Mass., Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., Eliot L. Engel, D-N.Y., Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., TJ Cox, D-Calif., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Adam B. Schiff, D-Ca  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 3218) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 "to modify the definition of franchise fee." The bill was introduced on Jan. 21 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Richard Blume  more