Legislative Updates

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK By day’s end on December 18, the threat of a partial U.S. federal government shutdown at midnight on December 20 intensified. House and Senate lawmakers spent the last weeks of the 118th Congress struggling to complete difficult negotiations on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep federal […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK  Congress returned to Washington following the November 5 elections in which the Republican party won the Presidency as well as control of the House and Senate in the next (119th) Congress, which will convene in January 2025. President-elect Donald Trump quickly began announcing his key White […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK  The U.S. Presidential campaign season is drawing to a close with early voting underway in states and election day voting set for November 5. Lawmakers are expected to return to Washington, DC on November 12 to complete unfinished legislative business before the 118th Congress ends. In […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK  The House and Senate leaders agreed in late September to a three-month continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded until December 20. This accord enabled U.S. lawmakers to pass the CR, send it to President Biden for signature into law, and leave Washington, DC […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned in late July for the summer recess period with plans to return to Washington on September 9. The House did not meet the goal of completing work on all 12 FY 2025 funding bills before the August break. The Senate […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK As the U.S. Presidential election season accelerates this summer, it is unclear how many bills will be advanced by Congress in the limited amount of remaining work days on the legislative calendar. House Republicans face a challenging summer session, given their plans to pass all 12 […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Congress completed work in May on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation before breaking for the Memorial Day recess, and President Biden signed the bill into law. When Congress returns to Washington in early June, its remaining major legislative work will include the annual National […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK After months of negotiations, Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a supplemental $95 billion foreign aid package providing funding to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The package also imposed new sanctions against Russia, China, and Iran. The national security “sidecar” portion of the package added […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The U.S. Congress finally completed the two-phase, contentious federal government funding process for FY 2024 on March 22, just prior to the start of a two-week spring recess period and almost halfway through the current fiscal year. President Biden signed the FY 2024 spending legislation into […]