US Policy

Your update on important Internet policy issues. OUTLOOK Two major parts of President Biden’s domestic legislative agenda–the Build Back Better bill and voting rights reform–failed to advance in the U.S. Congress in January. While these issues remain important to the slim Democrat majority in Congress and their efforts on a path forward may continue, near-term […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues  OUTLOOK  The U.S. Congress passed several essential government funding measures before starting its holiday recess period. On December 2, Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the government funded temporarily through February 18, thereby avoiding a government shutdown. Congress also voted on December 15 to raise the debt […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK After months of intense negotiations, President Biden’s domestic economic agenda legislation made significant progress in the U.S. Congress in November. First, a $1.2 bipartisan infrastructure bill (which cleared the Senate on August 10 by a bipartisan 69-30 vote) was approved in the House on Friday, November 5 […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Negotiations between House and Senate Democrat leaders and the White House have continued in earnest this month toward reaching a final agreement and Congressional passage of the Biden economic agenda (the bipartisan infrastructure framework (BIF) legislation and a scaled-back Democratic social services and climate change bill advanced […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Congress and the Biden Administration have continued intense negotiations since July seeking a deal to pass and sign into law the two key pillars of the President’s “Build Back Better” economic agenda–the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure framework (BIF), to fund areas including broadband, roads, highways and other […]