Reports

Your brief 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 ceiling by $2.5 […]

Your brief 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 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill (which cleared the Senate on August 10 by a bipartisan 69-30 vote) was approved in the House on Friday, […]

Your brief 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 […]

Your brief 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 […]