Broadcasters won’t take a financial hit later this year on campaign ads.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 327 to 101 to strike language from a campaign-finance reform bill that would have required TV stations to sell lowest-unit-rate advertising time to federal candidates. Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., had added the LUR language to campaign reform legislation last summer. Reps. Gene Green, D-Texas and Richard Burr, R-N.C., sponsored the amendment to kill the Torricelli language. Some broadcasters were worried that the LUR portion could have been changed to include radio.
No Political Ad Discounts For Pols This Year
No Political Ad Discounts For Pols This Year
