Senate joint resolution · 110th Congress · Did not become law
A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership.
Sponsor: Sen. Byron Dorgan D-NDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2008
- Committee actionApr 24, 2008
- Passed SenateMay 15, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2008 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S.J.Res. 28.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S.J. Res. 28, A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership” on May 6, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 24, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19707
- CBO publication date
- May 6, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S.J.Res. 28, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/sjres/28
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
883316b64a8c85a42afee9dedaaf17d20fcc1c0ea339d965da59c24141133f6d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S.J. Res. 28, A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership” on May 6, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 24, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19707
- CBO publication date
- May 6, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S.J.Res. 28, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/sjres/28
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
883316b64a8c85a42afee9dedaaf17d20fcc1c0ea339d965da59c24141133f6d
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 110-334 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 8, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 8, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/334
- Congress.gov bill record
- S.J.Res. 28, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/sjres/28
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
883316b64a8c85a42afee9dedaaf17d20fcc1c0ea339d965da59c24141133f6d
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S.J.Res. 28, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
27 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 27 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Patty Murray (D-WA), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Barack Obama (D-IL), John Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.