S.1780 - Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act as reported to senate.
  • Short: Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. as introduced.

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04/12/08
Profanity on airwaves not a "right"

... Congress must renew its commitment to protecting children from indecent material on the public airwaves by immediately bringing S.178...

Source: Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
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12/13/07
Fleeting-Profanities Bill Unlikely...

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

Source: Broadcasting & Cable, NY
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12/13/07
Fleeting-Profanities Bill Unlikely...

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

Source: Broadcasting & Cable, NY
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12/09/07
Stevens Urges Senate to Pass Indec...

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

Source: Broadcast Newsroom, CA
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12/05/07
Stevens Urges Senate to Pass Indec...

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

Source: Broadcasting & Cable, NY
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11/27/07
Take Action: Broadcast Decency Leg...

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.

Source: CitizenLink, CO
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07/24/07
Senate panel approves single indec...

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

Source: Florida Baptist Witness, FL
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07/19/07
INDECENCY DEBATE GOES TO THE SENAT...

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

Source: Eurweb.com, CA
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07/19/07
Senate panel moves to restore FCC ...

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

Source: ACLU (press release)
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07/19/07
Senate committee passes bill to ou...

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

Source: ACLU (press release)
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09/12/11
S.1538: A bill to provide for a ti...

The other NHF battles include opposing S.1780, S.1538, H.R. 207 and H.R. 3377 (considered the Son of Durbin bill). We are also supporting...

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09/27/10
S.3875: Honor America's Guard-Rese...

The Reserve Officer: Veteran status bill fails in the Senate. In support of the issue the senator introduced S.1780 and S.3875 which were...

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10/13/09
S.1780: Honor America's Guard-Rese...

The other NHF battles include opposing S.1780, S.1538, HR 207 and HR 3377 (considered the Son of Durbin bill). We are also supporting hea...

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07/28/09
H.R.3377: Disaster Response, Recov...

The other NHF battles include opposing S.1780, S.1538, HR 207 and HR 3377 (considered the Son of Durbin bill). We are also supporting hea...

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09/30/08
Verbot der Beschneidung bei Juden ...

August 2008, S. 1780). Noch expliziter äußert sich Professor Günter Jerouschek dazu: „Im Geltungsbereich des Grundgesetzes aber wieg...

Source: jurblog.de
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09/28/08
Fasten im Ramadan und Mobilmachung...

August 2008, S. 1780). Eine detaillierte Beschreibung des Vorgangs kann man auf islam-europe.org nachlesen. Ich wundere miich besonders, ...

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09/16/08
It’s past time to clean up telev...

Contact your Senators and Representatives in Congress and urge them to support S. 1780 — the Protecting Children from Indecent Programm...

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09/05/08
Description and Analysis of S. 178...

Description and Analysis of S. 1780 (”Retirement Protection Act of 1993″): Scheduled for a Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Fin...

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08/27/08
Pick up the phone!

Call your senator and let them know that you support the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. 1780) and urge them to hav...

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08/25/08
News From Around The Blogosphere 8...

We do have a counter attack but the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. 1780) is currently stalled in the US Senate. Th...

Source: Skepacabra
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