STELA Markup Held Over

The Senate's markup of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act will have to wait for another day. It was scheduled to be marked up on June 19, but was held over at the request of a Republican, according to a committee spokesperson.

Not only can one senator hold up a nomination, but according to committee rules, a single Senator can ask that business, in this case a bill markup, be held over by one week. The law must be renewed by the end of the year or it expires, so it is the kind of must-pass legislation that can be a vehicle for other communications-related reforms.