In a sure sign of what we can expect from the repugnicans on everything we as a People want ...
Senate repugicans on Friday blocked a bill that would have delayed next month's nationwide shutdown of analog TV signals until June 12, but Democrats vowed to bring the measure back for a vote next week.
The bill was defeated even after President Barack Obama on Friday urged lawmakers to postpone the February 17, 2007 transition amid mounting concerns that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up broadcast channels won't be ready.
Obama called for a delay largely because the federal program that subsidizes converter boxes for those viewers hit a $1.34 billion funding limit this month.
But Senate repugicans fear a delay would confuse people and burden public safety agencies waiting for wireless spectrum that will be freed up by the switchover.
(No one would be confused - well no one other than repugicans, anyway - and the need of the 'freed up' frequencies is all a myth in the empty voids the repugicans call their minds anyway)
The opponents also said a delay would be costly for television broadcasters that have spent several years preparing for the analog shutoff.
(You mean a few percentage points of your net worth don't you - tell the friggin' truth ... oh, wait these are repugicans we're talking about - never mind.)
repugicans also say they do not want to push back the transition date until Congress comes up with a plan to fix the coupon program.
(Typical repugican - don't think ... rush in ... fuck things up ... let everyone else pay for it.)
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