H.R. 2905: Shut Up Sean Hannity!

[I'm Rich Bitch]

Call your Congressman and warn them to not sign the petition created by U.S. Congressman Mike Pence of Indiana. H.R. 2905 will prevent the Federal Communications Commission from implementing the Fairness Doctrine without an act of Congress. Implementation of the Fairness Doctrine will be the first step to stop the lies and distortions and take Republican talk radio off the air. Together we can work to stop:

• Sean Hannity
• Rush Limbaugh
• Mark Levin
• Laura Ingraham
• Michael Savage
• Neal Boortz

Conservative talk radio is damaging this country. Do your part and warn your Congressman there will be voting backlash if they sign H.R. 2905. Mike Pence and other Republican politicians rely on the lies and distortions from the Republican Media to get elected. Stop them now. You have the power to get them off the radio. Imagine a world with Sean Hannity off the air.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding any other provision of any Act, from having the authority to require broadcasters to present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance, commonly referred to as the Fairness Doctrine.

The following is the list of Congressmen who have signed the bill so far. Vote these clowns out of office. Any politician that must rely on lies and distortions to get elected should not be in office.

Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]
Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]
Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]
Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]
Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]
Rep. Richard Baker [R-LA]
Rep. James Barrett [R-SC]
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]
Rep. John Boozman [R-AR]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]
Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R-FL]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]
Rep. Stephen Buyer [R-IN]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. David Camp [R-MI]
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]
Rep. Christopher Cannon [R-UT]
Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]
Rep. Steven Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Barbara Cubin [R-WY]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]
Rep. David Davis [R-TN]
Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]
Rep. Jo Ann Davis [R-VA]
Rep. Thomas Davis [R-VA]
Rep. Nathan Deal [R-GA]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. John Doolittle [R-CA]
Rep. Thelma Drake [R-VA]
Rep. David Dreier [R-CA]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R-MO]
Rep. Philip English [R-PA]
Rep. Terry Everett [R-AL]
Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]
Rep. Tom Feeney [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Ferguson [R-NJ]
Rep. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]
Rep. James Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R-NE]
Res.Com. Luis Fortuño [R-PR]
Rep. Vito Fossella [R-NY]
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]
Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R-MD]
Rep. Paul Gillmor [R-OH]
Rep. John Gingrey [R-GA]
Rep. Louis Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Virgil Goode [R-VA]
Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Samuel Graves [R-MO]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Dennis Hastert [R-IL]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]
Rep. Robin Hayes [R-NC]
Rep. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]
Rep. Walter Herger [R-CA]
Rep. David Hobson [R-OH]
Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]
Rep. Kenny Hulshof [R-MO]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]
Rep. Bobby Jindal [R-LA]
Rep. Samuel Johnson [R-TX]
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. Ric Keller [R-FL]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]
Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Joseph Knollenberg [R-MI]
Rep. John Kuhl [R-NY]
Rep. Ray LaHood [R-IL]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Thomas Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA]
Rep. Ron Lewis [R-KY]
Rep. John Linder [R-GA]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]
Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. James McCrery [R-LA]
Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R-NC]
Rep. John McHugh [R-NY]
Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave [R-CO]
Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]
Rep. Ronald Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Steven Pearce [R-NM]
Rep. John Peterson [R-PA]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]
Rep. Charles Pickering [R-MS]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Jon Porter [R-NV]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]
Rep. Deborah Pryce [R-OH]
Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]
Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]
Rep. James Ramstad [R-MN]
Rep. Ralph Regula [R-OH]
Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R-MT]
Rep. Dave Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Rick Renzi [R-AZ]
Rep. Thomas Reynolds [R-NY]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]
Rep. Michael Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Michael Rogers [R-MI]
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]
Rep. Bill Sali [R-ID]
Rep. James Saxton [R-NJ]
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Peter Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]
Rep. Christopher Shays [R-CT]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. William Shuster [R-PA]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]
Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]
Rep. Clifford Stearns [R-FL]
Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]
Rep. Thomas Tancredo [R-CO]
Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]
Rep. William Thornberry [R-TX]
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. Frederick Upton [R-MI]
Rep. Timothy Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. James Walsh [R-NY]
Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]
Rep. David Weldon [R-FL]
Rep. Gerald Weller [R-IL]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Edward Whitfield [R-KY]
Rep. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Rep. Heather Wilson [R-NM]
Rep. Addison Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Rob Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Bill Young [R-FL]
Rep. Donald Young [R-AK]

[Felonius]

i liked your mccain avatar better, it made me chuckle

[ashatumar]

I would have a difficult time packaging Michael Savage with Hannity and Limbaugh; he's far more cerebral and can be quite educational about topics far outside of the political arena.

Boortz is relatively harmless as all he really does is mock the dem candidates, complain about education, and push the fair tax plan.

That's 207 in favor. What's the count of those who oppose publicly?

[Vinen]

Cool, I'd support this if we also did it to Liberal Talk Show Hosts (If there any that are remotely popular).

Nice way to push your agenda, idiot-

[Khorum]

This congress couldn't even SLOW DOWN the war funding Bush asked for. It couldn't censure Rush Limbaugh without helping the man make 2 million bucks for charity with their own indignity. It couldn't get a timetable out of Iraq. It couldn't muster any effective resistance against any supreme court appointee and it couldn't even get its story straight about why it has failed so dismally with every campaign promise they made to the radical anti-war left and George Soros...

....And you expect them to support a bill that supports the adoption of a draconian free-speech impediment that came out of the worst period during McCarthyism?

You don't even TRY to think at all before wolfing that MediaMatters garbage down your throat dont you?

[Vorph]

What makes you think that the FCC will reinstate the Fairness Doctrine on their own, even if this bill does fail? And making the leap from there to a further conclusion that it would result in the airwaves being cleansed of conservative talk radio seems a bit overly optimistic.

The fact is, guys like Hannity have fans who love listening to the shit he spews, and at best the Fairness Doctrine would simply allow the people he disparages on air to have a chance to rebut his statements--it doesn't require that the stations have to have a liberal show for every conservative one. And who in their right mind would want to use that right to rebut? They'd just end up opening themselves to further attacks, or worse, having to talk to listeners calling in to the show.

Much as I hate Hannity et al. (despite being a republican myself) I also think that Fairness Doctrine deserved to be struck down for First Amendment reasons and should not come back.

[Gaereth]

Fairness doctrine is just a way to limit consumer choices.

Radio stations are in business to make money. Radio shows that people listen to make them money. If said show happens to be liberal or conservative is no business of anyones OTHER than the radio station.

-sniff- Its not fair that I cannot participate in pro-football. Why can't we have teams made up of middle aged, overweight men, and be shown on Monday Night Football??

What is that you say?? No one would watch it??? THATS UNFAIR!!!

Lets set up a Fairplay Doctrine so the television networks have to provide our new SFL (shitty football league) equal time even if the consumer doesn't want it.

Yeah....

Alright.

[Torrid]

The only thing worse than Fox news is shitting on the first amendment. Free speech means people you don't like get to speak too.

[Dis]

IRB is an elitist. He is all about censorship and against anything that he doesnt agree with. Basically if he was against violent video games, we would see him on CNN standing hand in hand with Jack Thompson asking to ban or prosecute the developers of said games.

Only elitist think they know how to run your life better than yourself, and will stop at nothing to make sure you do as they see fit. IRB, you arent a liberal, you are a facist. Gratz.

[Bristlebane]

Sorry, but this kind of bullshit doesn't help anyone. The government shouldn't tell news agencies what to say, even if they have morons like Sean Hannity.

This will never get passed.

[Ancalagon]

Hey OP: Fuck you.

[Ashes Emberblade]

Even if the FCC did bring the "fairness doctrine" back it would be gone within 2 years. The SCOTUS has already ruled that it has a "chilling effect" on free speech and does not apply to new communications technologies. This, along with some lower court decisions, is what prompted the FCC to stop enforcing it.

It's pretty funny that a socialist is trying to bring back a policy designed to silence communists/socialists on public airwaves...

[Greyskye]

Originally Posted by Dis

IRB is an elitist. He is all about censorship and against anything that he doesnt agree with. Basically if he was against violent video games, we would see him on CNN standing hand in hand with Jack Thompson asking to ban or prosecute the developers of said games.

Only elitist think they know how to run your life better than yourself, and will stop at nothing to make sure you do as they see fit. IRB, you arent a liberal, you are a facist. Gratz.

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[AladainAF]

Liberals and elitists like IRB, eating away at free speech, one bit at a time.

And they accuse those evil republicans of doing it. lol.

[Snugglebear]

There are some lame liberal talk show hosts too. Like this guy named Lionel on Air America, I listened to him argue with some dumb female caller about impeachment versus conviction for 60 seconds before I turned off the fucking radio.

And commercials on AM stations always want me to buy GOLD, what the fuck?