Legislative Updates

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK With U.S. midterm elections only a few months away, Congress accelerated legislative activity on multiple fronts just prior to the August recess. On July 27, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) made a surprise announcement that they had revived core pieces of […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues  OUTLOOK  In late June, in response to numerous mass shooting tragedies in the U.S., Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a bipartisan gun violence prevention bill. The law provides for additional scrutiny of gun purchasers under the age of 21, incentivizes states to adopt red-flag […]

Your brief update on Internet policy issues. OUTLOOK  Heading into the Memorial Day recess period, leaders in the U.S. Congress and the Biden Administration still have many major domestic policy priorities they wish to advance this year, including an additional COVID preparedness aid package; a narrower version of the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better proposals […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues  OUTLOOK  President Biden and Congress have been balancing their their political priorities with their responses to global and domestic crises. They worked together this month to pass laws aiding Ukraine and increased Russian economic sanctions. More debate on Ukraine support packages is to be expected. Judge Ketanji […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues  OUTLOOK The Russian war on Ukraine, and its impact on the global economy and U.S. foreign policy, command substantial attention in Washington, even as numerous policy priorities proceed. On Mar. 28, President Biden officially unveiled his FY 2023 budget. Congress has begun reviewing Biden’s proposals and identifying […]

Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The U.S. federal government averted a shutdown following the Senate passage of a continuing resolution in February to extend funding. Congress will work toward the completion of a FY2022 appropriations package before March 11 when the current government funding extension expires. The Senate Judiciary Committee and […]

Your brief 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, near-term attention in the Senate abruptly shifted towards Biden filling a Supreme […]

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 […]

Your brief monthly 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 […]