 On May 9, 2013, McCain introduced the Television Consumer Freedom Act, which required cable and satellite providers to offer an a la carte service or lose their compulsory license to rebroadcast television stations, required broadcasters to offer carriage of their channels on a similar a la carte basis, banned blackouts of sporting events at any venue that was constructed using taxpayer money, and allowed the FCC to pull and auction off the broadcast licenses of any broadcaster who shifts their over-the-air programming to cable-only (in response to similar threats in response to the controversy surrounding the service Aereo).McCain was opposed to federal funding of Amtrak.He considered it to be a "pork barrel project", particularly as far as longer distance trains are concerned.