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Article: House seeks Justice Department delay on AT&T/BellSouth decision; * The House Judiciary Committee letter requests careful review of AT&T/BellSouth merger.(Brief article)
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- October 5, 2006
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Byline: Jim Duffy
The House Judiciary Committee last week sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting it delay a final decision
in the proposed AT&T/BellSouth merger until the District Court of the District of Columbia completes its review of SBC/AT&T
and Verizon/MCI deals.
The letter is the third bipartisan Congressional letter sent to the Justice Department and FCC this week requesting careful
review of the AT&T/BellSouth merger. The others come from Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) and Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), the Chairman
and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Antitrust Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary ...