Barton: Bush Will OK National Franchising
Washington —President Bush will likely sign a bill before the year is out that's designed to allow phone companies to bypass local franchising and sweep into cable-television markets nationwide, House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas) said last Wednesday.

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