Seven more members of the House of Representatives and six more Senators have become cosponsors of a resolution the NAB is pushing in opposition to any new music royalties placed on radio stations. The NAB is working to stop efforts by lobbying organizations to impose performance royalties on radio for the music they play. There are now 140 House members and 13 Senators on board.
Adding their support recently for the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House of Reps. were Michael Guest (R-MS-3), Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), Terri Sewell (D-AL-7), Pete Stauber (R-MN-8), and Chris Stewart (R-UT-2). Adding their support for the companion resolution in the Senate are Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Todd Young (R-IN).
Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) and Michael Conaway (R-TX-11) are the principal cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House of Representatives (H. Con. Res. 20). Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are the lead cosponsors of a companion resolution in the Senate (S. Con. Res. 5).
