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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 […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Since early July a bipartisan group of ten Senators and White House officials have been deeply engaged in negotiating the details of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure framework (BIF) and a broader $3.5 trillion Democratic social programs spending bill (to be passed by Democrat-only majority vote through […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK President Biden returned in mid-June from his first major overseas trip to Europe focused on negotiating with Congress on a bipartisan deal for traditional infrastructure investments as part of his two-part economic recovery plan. Some influential support has grown in the Senate (a core bipartisan group of […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK President Biden seeks to advance the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan both in bipartisan negotiation meetings with members of the House and Senate, and in travels by him and Administration officials around the country reaching out to citizens. They continue the promotion of the Administration’s $2+ trillion jobs plan. […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats are focused on passing the President’s American Jobs Plan which was announced on March 31, 2021. The $2+ trillion plan seeks to create jobs through multiple initiatives, including the rebuild and modernization of traditional physical transportation infrastructure (e.g., roads, highways, bridges, […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Biden Presidency & 117th Congress Soon after his January 20 inauguration, President Biden focused on taking executive action on a number of priority issues and refining a strategy for gaining swift Congressional approval of his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation (i.e., the “American Rescue Plan”).  During its […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Presidential Transition. On December 14 the Electoral College formally confirmed that Joseph Biden will be the next President of the United States, giving him a solid electoral majority of 306 votes to ratify his victory in the November election. While its official start was initially delayed, the […]

Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK As of mid-November, a divided United States electorate is absorbing the aftermath of a close Presidential and Congressional election, Senate Republicans’ swift confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice to solidify a conservative majority on the bench, and a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic nationwide. Presidential Election. The […]