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Tauzin-Dingell is Evil
A Corporate Welfare Relief Bill, Designed to Help 4 Very Large Bell Phone Companies Make More of Your Money.

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STOP THIS BILL  CLICK HERE & LOCATE YOUR CONGRESSMEN

Rep. Billy Tauzin   Rep. John Dingell

The Latest:  3/08/02 "The Fix Was In: House For Sale," This round of the fight for customer broadband rights is over and we lost. Big Business --- the Big Bell Phone Companies --- won this round. However, this bill still has to pass the Senate. There is also another threat --- this time at the FCC where th4e essence of ths bill is being presented. We will be updating this site with details next week. Read this obituary.... Open Secrets: Money Talks in the Tauzin-Dingell Bill: Contributions Correlate Strongly with Final Vote "In an era when strict party-line votes are the rule of the day on Capitol Hill, theTauzin-Dingell bill passed Feb. 27 by the House of Representatives provides a fascinating example of a voting tally that ran much closer to contribution patterns than to party affiliation." The chart below shows how those who voted Yes got an average of $14, 700 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CARRIERS AND BABY BELLS, 1999-2001* CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONECARRIERS AND BABY BELLS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1999-2001* How did your Congressmen vote? How much money did they get from the Bell Companies of Long Distance Companies? How did they vote? Click Here... ================================================= Summary:  In 2001, a bill was introduced by Representatives Tauzin-& Dingell that is designed to give the four Bell monopolies---BellSouth, Verizon (Bell Atlantic, GTE, NYNEX), SBC (Ameritech, Pac Bell) and Qwest, more of your money --- in the name of broadband. We beleive this bill is "evil" because it is nothing more than a campaign-financed, corporate welfare bill to give subsides to companies who don't need or deserve it. Want proof? Read the contents of this site --- and get mad. What is Tauzin-Dingell and Why is it Bad?  Tauzin-Dingell is Evil:  A Question & Answer Discussion SUMMARY: 8 Reasons Tauzin-Dingell is Bad for You. 6 More Reasons Tauzin-Dingell is Evil Articles and Reading Room "Tauzin-Dingell Is Evil" Fact Sheets: Collect all 10!" LINKS---You Decide Who's Telling the Truth --- Links to Reports, filings, lawsuits and articles about the Bells' failed broadband rollouts, customer and competitor harm---Thousands of pages, thousands of harmed customers and companies. Some of Those Opposed to Tauzin Dingell:  Oppenents to Tauzin-Dingell, December 12th, 2001 Text of Letter signed by 106 competitive carriers to Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, opposing H.R. 1542, the Tauzin-Dingell bill, 11/13/01 CHECK OUT THESE STATEMENTSLINKS: JUST SOME OF THOSE OPPOSED TO TAUZIN-DINGELL AARP, PULVER.COM, IGLOU.COM, NETACTION, USISPA, NARUC, NASUCA, COVAD, MARYLAND PSC, SHREVE.NET, OISPA,  Dissenting Views of Reps. Markey, Largent, Waxman, Pickering, Eshoo, Stupak, McCarthy, DeGette, Luther, Capps and Doyle on HR1542 (PDF only) Should Billy Tauzin Recuse Himself from Voting on Telecom Issues Because of His Ties to the Bells? Recuse Billy Tauzin from Regulating Telecommunications MUST READ: Interactive Week's Feature "Chairman Billy Tauzin: Bell Ringer" Guess who’s paying for Tauzin’s trips?, States News Service 6/19/01 U.S. Representative Billy Tauzin Is Rewarding Telecom Donors, Bloomberg, 4/23/01 Money and Politics: Thanks to Open Secrets: Tauzin's Top Contributors --- SBC and Verizon DINGELL's Top Contributors --- SBC and Verizon Hell's Bells: The Lobbying War over High-Speed Internet Access Telecom Utilities, Long Term Contribution Trends The Players:  UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF GETTING THIS BILL PASSED CLICK HERE FOR THE HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TAUZIN-DINGELL CO-SPONSORS --- Check out this list of current co-sponsors... and if they're your representative, write them and tell them to 'withdraw their sponsorship" ---- or lose votes. They need 240+ to win, as of 02/10//02 they have 112! The Proposed Legislation: LATEST VERSION of BILL, 2/10/02 Amendment Added to Tauzin-Dingell In the News:  The History of Tauzin Dingell:Our Chronological View.