Open Congress : News Articles for S.1780 Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

Profanity on airwaves not a "right"

2008-04-13T00:00:00Z

... Congress must renew its commitment to protecting children from indecent material on the public airwaves by immediately bringing S.1780 to a vote. ...

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Fleeting-Profanities Bill Unlikely to See Senate Floor Vote

2007-12-14T00:00:00Z

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780), was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW. Va.) after a Federal Appeals Court ...

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Fleeting-Profanities Bill Unlikely to See Senate Floor Vote

2007-12-14T00:00:00Z

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780), was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW. Va.) after a Federal Appeals Court ...

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Stevens Urges Senate to Pass Indecency Bill

2007-12-10T00:00:00Z

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780) http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1780, was introduced by Sen. ...

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Stevens Urges Senate to Pass Indecency Bill

2007-12-06T00:00:00Z

The bill, the Protecting Children from Indecency Programming Act (S. 1780), was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW. Va.) after a Federal Appeals Court ...

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Take Action: Broadcast Decency Legislation Held Up in Senate

2007-11-28T00:00:00Z

Call the senators’ state offices while they are on recess and urge them to move the broadcast decency bill (S.1780) to the Senate floor.

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Senate panel approves single indecency bill

2007-07-25T00:00:00Z

... Science and Transportation forwarded to the full Senate by unanimous consent the Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act, S. 1780. ...

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INDECENCY DEBATE GOES TO THE SENATE: Bil...

2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

S. 1780 was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) after an outcry from Americans fed up with offensive material on broadcast networks. ...

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ACLU Objects to Rockefeller's Indecency Legislation, Bill Treads ...

2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

Recently introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), S.1780 would attempt to regulate "indecent" television programming by instituting a Federal ...

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Senate panel OKs single indecency bill

2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

... Science and Transportation forwarded to the full Senate by unanimous consent the Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act, S. 1780. ...

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Senate committee passes bill to outlaw "fleeting" f-bombs

2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

S. 1780, the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act, has just cleared the Senate Commerce Committee and is now on its way to the full Senate. ...

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Senate panel moves to restore FCC indecency policy

2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

In response came the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. 1780), sponsored by Sens. Jay Rockefeller, DW.Va., and Mark Pryor, ...

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Republicans Block Iraq Withdrawal Measure

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

The bill (S.1780), introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (DW.Va.), will be discussed Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee. ...

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ACLU Objects to Rockefeller’s Indecency Legislation; Bill Treads ...

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

Recently introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), S.1780 would attempt to regulate “indecent” television programming by instituting a Federal ...

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