ND Senator Says No To Sirius/XM Merge Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee and member of the Senate Commerce Committee and Appropriations Committee, sent a letter on Friday to Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, expressing his opposition to the proposed Sirius/XM merger.
Dorgan becomes the 81st lawmaker to express opposition to the merger. The NAB has furnished a list of those opposed:
Consumers Union
Consumer Federation of America
Common Cause
Free Press
National Public Radio
Media Access Project
Independent Spanish Broadcaster Association
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Asian American Justice Center
American Women in Radio and Television
Prometheus Radio Project
Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio
Alabama House of Representatives
Bustos Media
National Alliance of State Broadcaster Associations
American Antitrust Institute
Donald McGannon Research Center (Prof. Phil Napoli)
The Carmel Group
Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Chairman, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
Rep. Lee Terry (R-OK)
Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH)
Rep. James Walsh (D-NY)
Rep John McHugh (D-NY)
Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-OH)
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA)
Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)
Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)
Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Rep. Kristin Gillibrand (D-NY)
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)
Rep. Zach Space (D-OH)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Rep. Eddie Johnson (D-TX)
Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)
Rep. Greg Meeks (D-NY)
Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS)
Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA)
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)
Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Rep. Earl Polmeroy (D-ND)
Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Rep. Betty McCullom (D-MN)
Rep Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY)
Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS)
Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA)
Rep. John Barrow (D-GA)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ)
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR)
Rep. Dan Manzullo (R-IL)
Rep. David Davis (R-TN)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN)
Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ)
Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA)
