Legislative Update

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Congress struggled to complete work on a number of legislative fronts during the month of June. Progress stalled in large part due to significant Republican intraparty friction. The Senate recessed in late June, after, among other things, missing a June 12 extension deadline to reauthorize FISA […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Republican majority leaders in Congress faced substantial political obstacles in their efforts to pass priority legislation prior to the Memorial Day recess period at month’s end.  The leaders had missed an April deadline for passing a longer term reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK Congress returned to Washington mid-month after a two-week spring holiday break lacking a clear path for FY 2026 funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The impasse has centered on the timing of and extent to which funds will be directed to DHS’s Immigration and […]