Tauzin-Dingell has the advantage of being sponsored by the top members of the House Commerce Committee. The FCC under Chairman Michael Powell has been all but silent on the issue of governmental intervention in the broadband market. At a recent House Commerce Committee hearing Tauzin and Dingell both tried to persuade Powell to at least implicitly endorse his legislation but he declined. His reticence is shared at the commission by at least one of his Republican colleagues. Some have been heavily regulated but some others, such as the dot-coms, have not.
Businesses fail all the time.