Against the wishes of some of top congressional Democrats, the FCC approved a proposal this week that could provide large cable providers with the ability to raise their prices. The agency voted 3-2 “to limit the power of state and local regulators over cable TV packages and prices,” reports National Journal, and “declared that it will assume that there is ‘effective competition’ for cable services nationwide.” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler sided with the commission’s two Republicans and the cable industry. Democrats argued that limiting regulations could lead to consumers paying higher prices for access to news, sports and other programming.