Help defeat the Tauzin/Dingel bill-- February 2002

The text of our letter, and a followup, are included in their entirety below.

Feb 27 2002: This bill has passed the House with a substantial majority. While it is now expected to fail in the Senate, the House has now given the FCC a vote of confidence in its efforts to remove regulations from the monopoly telephone companies.

For those interested, the results of the House vote can be seen here.

Links to information about Tauzin/Dingell

• Study urges defeat of Tauzin/Dingell
  
• Tauzin-Dingell is Evil (New Networks Institute) (Note: transcript of the text of the bill can be found at the bottom.)
  
• Voices for Choices
  
• washtech.com article: City, County, State Associations oppose bill
  
• Feb 26, internetnews.com: Last-minute wrangling on Tauzin-Dingell bill
  
• Feb 26 article Common Sense written by Chad Kissinger.
  
• The New Hampshire ISP Association web site.

Contact information for Representatives Bass and Sununu

Charlie Bass:

• URL: http://www.house.gov/bass/
  
• email: cbass@mail.house.gov
  
• FAX: (202) 225-2946
  
• Telephone: (202) 225-5206

John Sununu:

• URL: http://www.house.gov/sununu/
  
• email: rep.sununu@mail.house.gov
  
• FAX: (202) 225-5822
  
• Telephone: (202) 225-5456

Text of Letters from Mark Mallett, MV President, to MV customers

• Feb 24, 2002: notice of pending vote on HR1542
  
• Feb 28, 2002: followup after passage of HR1542

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