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An effort to fund an internet subsidy program just got thwarted again
A markup of the Spectrum and National Security Act was canceled.
She said the ACP shouldn’t be a partisan issue and stressed the wide range of Americans who’ve relied on the program for high-speed connections, including elderly people living on fixed incomes and many military families. Wireless communications trade group CTIA’s SVP of government affairs, Kelly Cole, told Fierce Network that the Cruz bill “is a better approach because it follows the historical precedent set by prior bipartisan legislation to extend the FCC’s auction authority.” But other tech groups like the Internet Technology Industry Council (ITI), which represents companies including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta, support Cantwell’s bill, in part because of the programs it seeks to fund. “In his shameless blame-game, Leader Schumer accidentally revealed what he and his party really think about taxpayers — that they are dupes who should be forced to give free internet to illegal aliens, millions to antisemitic universities, and billions to mega-corporations with no strings attached,” Cruz said in the statement to Roll Call.
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