According to an article posted in Seattle Post Intelligencer (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/) on October 20, 2005, Lawmakers want to spend $3 billion to make sure millions of Americans won't wake up to blank TV screens when the country makes the switch to all-digital broadcasts.


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Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Congress_Digital_TV.html