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arstechnica.com - 2/2/2009
Modified DTV delay bill set for House revote Tuesday
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The House may have put the kibosh on a proposed four-month delay in the transition to digital television last week—but that bill only failed because, under a suspension of the rules, a two-thirds majority was required for passage. But Democrats showed they've got more than ...
reuters.com - 1/28/2009
House fails to pass digital TV delay bill | Technology
— reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An effort to delay the February 17 deadline for a nationwide switch to digital... television failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday after Republicans blocked the move. The legislation is backed by President Barack ... (more) House fails to pass digital TV delay bill | ...
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reuters.com - 1/27/2009
Senate passes bill to delay digital TV switch | Technology
— reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate passed a bill on Monday to delay the nationwide switch to digital... TV signals, giving consumers nearly four more months to prepare. The transition date would move to June 12 from February 17 under the bill that was ... (more) Senate passes bill to delay digital TV switch | ...

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gigaom.com - 2/4/2009
DTV Delay Almost Official [GigaOM]
— gigaom.com — The House voted today to approve a four-month delay to the transition from analog to digital television... signals, making the new June 12 deadline a near certainty. The Senate approved its own version of the bill last week, and since both bills are ... (more) DTV Delay Almost Official [GigaOM]
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Digital TV delay bill headed back to House
Obsessable News Feed — ... In the back-and-forth game that's become the fight in Congress to delay the digital TV transition until June, the ball is bouncing back to the House, after a defeat there last week. ...

House Will Try Again to Delay Digital TV Transition
Bits — ... . It will be taken up, briefly, by the House Energy and Commerce committee Tuesday, and it is scheduled for a vote by the full House Wednesday. Passage is likely, as the bill now only needs a simple majority, and the vote last week was 258 to 168 in favor. By some reports , the bill will be brought to a vote using a procedure meant to make it difficult to amend. As you learned in social studies, if the bill isn’t changed in the House, it doesn’t need to go back to the Senate and can head right to the White House. Just to make sure that House members understand the stakes, ...

DTV Coupon Exchange
Zatz Not Funny! — ... The broadcast digital TV transition could happen in two weeks, or it could get delayed for another four months. In either case, one of the reasons behind the current DTV mess has been ...

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CORRECTED: House fails to pass DTV delay bill (Reuters) by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech
tech.yahoo.com 1/28/2009 — (Corrects to make clear the bill did not pass) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday failed to pass a bill to delay the nationwide switch to digital television signals by about four months . The bill needed two-thirds of ...
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