House Approves Analog Cutoff Delay

Washington — The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday, 264-158, to delay the analog cutoff  TV date 115 days to June 12, 2009.

The measure, which was identical to a bill passed unanimously by the Senate for a second time, will now be sent to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law.

House Republicans, who had voted down the delay last week under a rules suspension that required a two-thirds majority vote, failed to win a procedural change that would have opened the bill to amendments. (keep reading…)

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