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Article: Hollings threatens cuts over FTC plan.(Department of Justice to oversee media mergers)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
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- March 25, 2002
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Fritz Hollings (fl-S.C.) is threatening to cut political jobs and salaries at the Federal Trade Commission unless the agency retreats from a media merger agreement with the Department of Justice.
Hollings contends the FTC and the DOJ did not have the legal authority to decide merger review policies without the consent of Congress.
"Actually, I am studying to see whether or not legally we can cut the pay. Sometimes when we cut pay, we get their final attention," Hollings said last Tuesday at a hearing on the FTC's proposed fiscal 2003 budget of $176.5 million -- based on 1,074 full-time employees.
Hollings chairs the Senate ...