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“The FCC is set to vote on April 25 to restore its authority” This needs to be controlled by congress. Directly.
by imwillofficial 2y ago
“The FCC is set to vote on April 25 to restore its authority”
This needs to be controlled by congress. Directly.
- burnte 2y agoThe thing about administrative government is that you free up congress by allowing them to approve the creation of administrative bodies. It was pretty much the only good thing President Wilson did, help create the administrative state. FCC already HAS the authority designated by Congress. This is about choosing to use it.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoI think he means we need this to specifically is important enough to society that it should be a matter of law, so it doesn’t change every administration due to people like Ajit Pai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Pai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Pai) coming into FCC positions
- photonbeam 2y agoIt means congress is out of practice doing routine policy, and instead has big fights over very little
- masklinn 2y agoWhy do you think abolishing independent agencies will change that in any way?
- tootie 2y agoCongress approves the governors and they held up the appointment of the deciding vote for years.
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