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More Than 200 House Members Oppose Performance Tax
The Local Radio Freedom Act continues to gain support in the U.S. House of Representatives, with nearly half of all members now signed on as co sponsors. The resolution, introduced in late October by Reps. Gene Green (D-TX-29) and Mike Conaway (R-TX-11), denounces the notion of levying any fee on local radio broadcasters for music airplay. Support for the resolution now stands at 201 members, including the resolution's authors.
Recent co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include Reps. Peter J. Roskam (R-IL-06), Phil English (R-PA-03), Lincoln Davis (D-TN-04), Ray LaHood (R-IL-18), Doug Lamborn (R-CO-05), Allen Boyd (D-FL-02), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-04), Mac Thornberry (R-TX-13), Jason Altmire (D-PA-04), Steve King (R-IA-05), David Davis (R-TN-01), Charles W. Boustany Jr. (R-LA-07), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD-At Large), Steve Buyer (R-IN-04), John Kline (R-MN-02), Paul Ryan (R-WI-01), Brian P. Bilbray (R-CA-50), Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Adrian Smith (R-NE-03), Jerry F. Costello (D-IL-12), Donald M. Payne (D-NJ-10), John Shimkus (R-IL-19), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-01), Judy Biggert (R-IL-13), John T. Doolittle (R-CA-04), Duncan Hunter (R-CA-52), Tim Mahoney (D-FL-16), John Abney Culberson (R-TX-07), Norman D. Dicks (D-WA-06), Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA-16), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH-01), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10), Thomas Reynolds (R-NY-26) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25).
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