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02/10/2021
Clyburn Ready to Bring $100 Billion Broadband Bill Back
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) expects to reintroduce his Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act “hopefully in the next couple of weeks.”
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12/02/2020
Simington Heading to Full Senate
Senate Commerce voted 14-12 along party lines to approve Nathan Simington’s nomination to be a member of the FCC.
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07/23/2020
O’Rielly Nom Moving to Full Senate
Senate Commerce favorably recommended FCC commish Michael O’Rielly’s nomination to serve another five-year term to the full Senate.
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05/14/2020
Hill Looks at Broadband during COVID-19
At a Senate Commerce hearing Wednesday titled, “The State of Broadband Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic,” broadband itself was in the witness seat with several senators and one witness participating remotely because of the virus.
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05/13/2020
Online Education
A coalition of Democrats, led by Ed Markey (D-MA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), introduced the Emergency Educational Connections Act, a companion bill to legislation introduced in the House aimed at making sure students in K-12 have adequate internet connectivity and devices during the pandemic.
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01/29/2020
Latest Version of C-band Bill Offers Incentives for Incumbents
A new version of the Senate bill mandating a public auction of 300MHz of C-band spectrum has been introduced, and it would offer a portion of the auction’s revenues to incentivize those that currently occupy the band to clear it.