| | News Alert 2/13/02: Broadcasters |
 | | TV and radio stations, represented in Washington by the National Association of Broadcasters, have been working overtime on Capitol Hill this week to kill language in the proposed campaign finance reform bill that would make TV ads cheaper for politicians to buy. |
 | | Sponsored by Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.), the measure took broadcasters by surprise and initiated a frantic, yet unsuccessful, lobbying campaign by the NAB to strip the measure from the bill. |
 | | Within days of the amendment’s passage, the NAB and its political action committee began making major contributions to both political parties and members of Congress, including House members who were at the time contemplating a campaign finance vote before the summer. |
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