{"id":58383,"date":"2023-12-09T08:07:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58383"},"modified":"2023-12-09T08:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T12:07:34","slug":"attempt-to-pass-am-for-every-vehicle-act-in-senate-falls-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/attempt-to-pass-am-for-every-vehicle-act-in-senate-falls-short\/","title":{"rendered":"“Attempt to Pass AM for Every Vehicle Act in Senate Falls Short”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Courtney Corlew<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: Radio World<\/a> via Dennis Dura)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attempt to Pass AM for Every Vehicle Act in Senate Falls Short<\/a><\/h1>\n

Sen. Rand Paul objected, saying “mandating that all cars have AM radio is antithetical”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A maneuver by Senate sponsors of the \u201cAM Radio for Every Vehicle Act\u201d to pass the bill by avoiding a vote of the full Senate this week has fallen short.<\/p>\n

The push to use \u201cunanimous consent\u201d to pass the bill was led by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Edward Markey (D-MA) and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM). However, (R-KY) objected to its passage.<\/p>\n

\u201cMandating that all cars have AM radio is antithetical to any notion of limited government,\u201d Sen. Paul said on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Paul said there is irony in seeing Republicans come to the floor to pass bills that place mandates upon American businesses, \u201ctherefore picking winners and losers.\u201d [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio World via Dennis Dura) Attempt to Pass AM for Every Vehicle Act in Senate Falls Short Sen. Rand Paul objected, saying “mandating that all cars have AM radio is antithetical” A maneuver by Senate sponsors of the \u201cAM Radio for Every Vehicle Act\u201d to pass the bill by avoiding a vote of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373,433,3],"tags":[10388,625],"class_list":["post-58383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-for-every-vehicle","tag-am-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fbF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61880,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/the-am-radio-for-every-vehicle-act-is-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":58383,"position":0},"title":"The ‘AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act’ is Back","author":"Thomas","date":"January 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following news via Radio World: Markey, Cruz Reintroduce AM Bill in the Senate (Radio World) The legislation would require AM radio reception in new cars The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has been reintroduced on Capitol Hill. 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