MONOPOLIES

Amendments

Consumers: protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S5401, S5429 [7MY], S5519, S5520-S5577 [8MY]

Analyses

Proposed Amendments to Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act (S. 429), S5484 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Competition Helps Cable TV Customers, E2299 [20JN]

Guess Who Deregulation Benefits?, E2119 [7JN]

Is This How Deregulation of Airlines Was To End Up?, E3589 [30OC]

Postal Monopoly—Paying More for Less, E2227 [14JN]

Price Fixing Is Not Always Gouging, S5463 [8MY]

Retail Class Wars—Is K Mart a Victim of Discrimination?, S5462 [8MY]

Soviets Need Honest Money, Not Aid, S8386 [21JN]

Taking Drivers for a Ride. Stop it Hertz, H3699 [29MY]

Tuning Out Cable TV Monopolies—With Competition, Costs Get Lower and Service Gets Better, H3447 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions

Airports: operation regulation and prohibit charging unreasonable access fees (see H.R. 2486, H3709 [29MY])

Antitrust policy: modify exemption applicable to the insurance industry (see S. 1873, S15158 [24OC])

Consumers: protection from price-fixing (see S. 429, S2005 [20FE])

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])

Insurance: antitrust exemptions applicable to the insurance industry (see S. 430, S2005 [20FE])

Postal Service: privatization (see H.R. 1106, H1146 [25FE])

Television: increase competition in the cable industry (see S. 431, S2005 [20FE])

———notice by cable television operators to consumers on options relative to the use of certain equipment (see S. 2063, S18334 [26NO])

———protection of cable subscribers (see S. 432, S2005 [20FE])

Cloture motions

Consumers: protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S5380, S5401 [7MY], S5490 [8MY]

———protection from price-fixing (S. 429), proceed to consideration, S5121 [25AP]

Comparisons

Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act (S. 429) and compromise amendment, S5483 [8MY]

Court documents

Restrictions on price-fixing: Antonin Scalia, S5467 [8MY]

———Lewis F. Powell, Jr., S5465 [8MY]

Letters

Airline deregulation, E2119 [7JN]

Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: American Association of Retired Persons, S5341 [6MY]

———Dept. of Justice, S5463, S5482 [8MY]

———National Association of Attorneys General, S5340 [6MY]

———National Council of Senior Citizens, S5341 [6MY]

———Robert Abrams, S5348 [6MY]

Memorials of legislature

Illinois, H3624 [23MY]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: impact of airline deregulation, E3589 [30OC]

———industry deregulation, E2119 [7JN]

Airports: operation regulation and prohibit charging unreasonable access fees (H.R. 2486), H3698 [29MY]

Cable television: local regulation of programming and rates, H1424 [6MR]

Postal Service: privatization, E563 [21FE], E2227 [14JN]

Television: increase competition in the cable industry, E229 [20JN]

———network coverage of local sports events, H3166 [20MY]

———regulation of cable industry, H3447 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Consumers: protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S1933, S2006-S2010, S2043 [20FE], S2241 [21FE], S5337-S5346, S5348-S5350 [6MY], S5376-S5378, S5379, S5380, S5402 [7MY], S5461-S5490 [8MY], S5591, S5599, S5601-S5605 [9MY]

———protection from price-fixing (S. 429), motion to proceed to consideration, S5121 [25AP]

FCC: enforcement of competition, S7066-S7068 [5JN]

Insurance: antitrust exemptions applicable to the insurance industry (S. 430), S1933, S2010 [20FE]

Petroleum: pricing practices of the oil industry, S13194 [17SE]

Television: increase competition in the cable industry (S. 431), S1933, S2011-S2013 [20FE]

———notice by cable television operators to consumers on options relative to the use of certain equipment (S. 2063), S18377-S18379 [26NO]

———protection of cable subscribers (S. 432), S1933 [20FE]

Statements

Antitrust Laws on Insurance Companies: ABA, S2010 [20FE]

———Franklin D. Roosevelt, S2010 [20FE]

———National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures (sundry), S2010, S2011 [20FE]

Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: Senator Specter, S5469 [8MY]

Testimonies

Oil Industry Pricing Practices: Lakeshore Oil & Tire Co., S13194 [17SE]

Texts of

S. 429, Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act, S2007 [20FE], S5605 [9MY], H7756 [10OC]

S. 430, Insurance Competitive Pricing Act, S2011 [20FE]

S. 431, Competition in Cable Act, S2013 [20FE]

S. 2063, notice by cable television operators to consumers on options relative to the use of certain equipment, S18379 [26NO]