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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 […]

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 […]