Senate panel restores profanity fines
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A Senate committee on Thursday acted to restore the government's authority to fine television and radio broadcasters for airing profanities, even if they are fleeting references.
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House and Senate lawmakers have agreed to increase fines on broadcasters who air indecent material, and are trying to include the measure as an amendment to a defense bill, Sen. Sam Brownback said on Tuesday.
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Two acquaintances of Senator George Allen of Virginia said he had used racial slurs in the 1970Âs and 1980Âs.
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A bill slapping fines on lawyers for  filing frivolous lawsuits was approved on Wednesday by a U.S.  House of Representatives panel, acting on a priority President  Bush highlighted at last week's Republican party convention.
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It's generally okay to use a common nickname for "Richard" as an insult on network television, the Federal Communications Commission ruled Monday, in a denial of several indecency complaints brought to the agency.
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The Senate and House make a controversial move to control alleged profiteering.
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The US House of Representatives voted to boost penalties for online piracy. The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act (PDEA) will make it easier for federal investigators to convict file-swappers.
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U.S. lawmakers have dropped a legislative provision that would have substantially raised fines for indecent antics on broadcast radio and television, congressional aides said on Friday.
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The Senate late yesterday resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing
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IS IT possible that the Federal Communications Commission is developing a double standard on decency? The commissioners don&#39;t hesitate to slap a fine over Janet Jackson&#39;s breast or Howard Stern&#39;s mouth.
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When the Senate Judiciary Committee considers legislation Thursday aimed at punishing voter intimidation, it is expected to strip language that would allow private parties to bring lawsuits to block deceptive voting practices.
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Politicians in the US unveil tough new fines aimed at stamping out indecency on television.
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U.S. lawmakers worked on Friday to  push through a last-minute compromise to hike fines for  indecent radio and television broadcasts, but they made changes  to previous proposals that could stymie the measure.
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The Federal Communications Commission hit CBS on Wednesday (September 22) with a proposed maximum fine of $550,000 for &quot;violation of indecency rules,&quot; stemming from its broadcast of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in February.
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By Mike Stanton; Journal Staff Writer  As the head of a neighborhood group asks a committee for stiffer penalties for polluters, senators grill state officials about the costs of the lawsuit.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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A U.S. appeals court on Thursday put  on hold a Federal Communications Commission ruling that four  television broadcasts of profanity violated decency standards  and gave the agency two months to consider rebuttals by the  broadcasters.