Congress

Thune, Walden explore compensating spectrum moves over longer period of time

Democratic leaders on the principal FCC oversight committee want the Republican chair to schedule an FCC oversight hearing ASAP, saying the commission has been willfully evasive

Says thousands of consumers will likely lose access to local channels.

Congress wants the repack schedule to remain unchanged as made evident by a letter from nearly five dozen members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, which was sent to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

In an effort to improve processes at the Federal Communications Commission, the House by voice vote passed the FCC Process Reform Act of 2015, known as H.R. 2583, on Monday.