i feel better already

i sleep well at night knowing that our elected officials are busy at work tackling important issues like climate change, global security, health care reform and the volume of tv commercials.

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe a regulation prohibiting advertisements accompanying video programming from: (1) being excessively noisy or strident; (2) having modulation levels substantially higher than the accompanying program; and (3) having an average maximum loudness substantially higher than that of the accompanying program.

the bill has been passed by the house. let's hope the senate can get their act together and set aside all the partisanship and get this import piece of legislation enacted!