The Senate recently voted to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) controversial new media ownership rules that would allow media conglomerates to own more newspapers, as well as television and radio stations. Invoking the rarely used Congressional Review Act, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) offered a “resolution of disapproval” against the rules that passed by a vote of 55 to 40. A similar measure must now pass the House, where there is broad opposition to the rules. Even if this happens, however, President Bush could still override Congress with a veto, as he has threatened to do. Under the rules, which the FCC issued in June, a single company could own TV stations reaching up to 45 percent of the national TV audience, up from 35 percent. The changes would also allow a company to own newspapers as well as TV and radio stations in the same market. “These new rules, if implemented, would allow media corporations to consolidate control over more outlets than ever before, especially for lower income people who can't afford satellite cable and the Internet,” said Pete Tridish, of the Prometheus Radio Project, a group challenging the FCC’s changes in court. The rules were scheduled to take effect this month, but a federal appeals court granted a stay pending full judicial review.