One of Zel Miller's last acts as a senator was to introduce a bill to create "thought police" or a "Council of Decency" as he termed it in his bill, the purpose of which was to advise the FCC on what is obscene, indecent or profane and increase the fines for violations of any of the above.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2147:
He couldnt get one co-sponsor from either party. In fact, I think both parties were afraid what he would come up with next and were glad when he chose to retire in 2004.