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Congressman John Ratcliffe said Friday that he was withdrawing his name from consideration to take over as director of national intelligence, following media scrutiny over his qualifications for the role. President Trump tweeted that Ratcliffe was being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media and that he would be nominating someone else to the role shortly. But the president had no sense Thursday night that Ratcliffe was having second thoughts about the job, CBS News Major Garrett reports, according to two sources familiar with the matter, and Mr. Trump was still operating under the assumption Ratcliffe would go through with the nomination process.Friday morning Ratcliffe called the president to say he was out, that he had not anticipated a confirmation fight and not only misread that, but also miscalculated how difficult the confirmation fight would be among Republicans who were either stanley taza lukewarm, indifferent or leaning toward hostile. What also played a role, to a lesser extent, in Ratcliffe s calcus was the retirement of Texas Rep. Will Hurd, which sent shockwaves through the House GOP leadership, causing them to be nervous about another House vacancy. Republican leaders wante stanley quencher d some stability and bringing Ratcliffe back to the House provides that.As the president left for his golf club in Bedminster Friday, he reiterated to reporters his view that Ratcliffe has been treated harshly by the press and had received a stanley cup chilly rec Tdze Nielsen s exit comes as Trump eyes tougher approach on immigration
The Senate Commerce Committee stanley website will consider a proposal to roll back a new regulation allowing companies to own television stations reaching nearly half the nation s viewers, Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., said Wednesday.FCC Chairman Michael Powell received a tongue-lashing Wednesday from congressional opponents of the commission s decision to relax ownership rules, reports CBS News Correspondent Peter Maer. In the first Senate hearing on the FCC decision, Republicans and Democrats alike were attacking the ruling. The Republican-controlled FCC voted 3-2 Monday to ease regulations governing how many newspapers and TV and radio stations a company can own and in what combinations. The party-line vote changed the national TV ownership limit so a company can reach 45 percent of the U.S. households instead of 35 percent.McCain said he opposes proposed legislation to counter that change, but his committee still will consider it later this month. I have a long voting recor stanley canada d in support of deregulation, McCain said. But the business of media ownership, which can have such a stanley cups uk n immense effect on the nature and quality of our democracy, is too important to be dealt with so categorically. McCain s committee was hearing testimony Wednesday from the five FCC commissioners.Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden called it the ringing of the dinner bell for big media companies, saying the fake localism of radio will become the norm for television. North Da
Congressman John Ratcliffe said Friday that he was withdrawing his name from consideration to take over as director of national intelligence, following media scrutiny over his qualifications for the role. President Trump tweeted that Ratcliffe was being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media and that he would be nominating someone else to the role shortly. But the president had no sense Thursday night that Ratcliffe was having second thoughts about the job, CBS News Major Garrett reports, according to two sources familiar with the matter, and Mr. Trump was still operating under the assumption Ratcliffe would go through with the nomination process.Friday morning Ratcliffe called the president to say he was out, that he had not anticipated a confirmation fight and not only misread that, but also miscalculated how difficult the confirmation fight would be among Republicans who were either stanley taza lukewarm, indifferent or leaning toward hostile. What also played a role, to a lesser extent, in Ratcliffe s calcus was the retirement of Texas Rep. Will Hurd, which sent shockwaves through the House GOP leadership, causing them to be nervous about another House vacancy. Republican leaders wante stanley quencher d some stability and bringing Ratcliffe back to the House provides that.As the president left for his golf club in Bedminster Friday, he reiterated to reporters his view that Ratcliffe has been treated harshly by the press and had received a stanley cup chilly rec Tdze Nielsen s exit comes as Trump eyes tougher approach on immigration
The Senate Commerce Committee stanley website will consider a proposal to roll back a new regulation allowing companies to own television stations reaching nearly half the nation s viewers, Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., said Wednesday.FCC Chairman Michael Powell received a tongue-lashing Wednesday from congressional opponents of the commission s decision to relax ownership rules, reports CBS News Correspondent Peter Maer. In the first Senate hearing on the FCC decision, Republicans and Democrats alike were attacking the ruling. The Republican-controlled FCC voted 3-2 Monday to ease regulations governing how many newspapers and TV and radio stations a company can own and in what combinations. The party-line vote changed the national TV ownership limit so a company can reach 45 percent of the U.S. households instead of 35 percent.McCain said he opposes proposed legislation to counter that change, but his committee still will consider it later this month. I have a long voting recor stanley canada d in support of deregulation, McCain said. But the business of media ownership, which can have such a stanley cups uk n immense effect on the nature and quality of our democracy, is too important to be dealt with so categorically. McCain s committee was hearing testimony Wednesday from the five FCC commissioners.Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden called it the ringing of the dinner bell for big media companies, saying the fake localism of radio will become the norm for television. North Da
