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FCC’s Wheeler Takes Another Stab at Explaining His Net Neutrality Position

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What started out as a rocky hearing for Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler turned into an opportunity for him to explain at length to lawmakers about the agency’s new [...]


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Bipartisan FCC Process Reform Bill Gains Momentum

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After three years of going nowhere in the Senate, a bill to reform how the Federal Communications Commission does business may finally get passed, now that it has Democratic backing. 

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Long-Awaited Bill to Curb Patent Troll Abuses Introduced

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The much-anticipated bill to curb patent troll abuses is officially moving and moving fast—even after being sidelined by the government shutdown. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the judiciary committee, [...]

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Bill Seeks to Grant FCC Authority to Stop Blackouts

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Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House subcommittee on communications and technology, just made Wednesday's upcoming hearing interesting by publishing a discussion draft of a bill intended to [...]

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No-Brainer Bill to Consolidate FCC Reports Sent to the House Floor

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The House Commerce Committee Wednesday sent to the floor a no-brainer of a proposal that will allow the Federal Communications Commission to consolidate eight reports into one biennial communications marketplace [...]

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Déjà Vu at House Hearing on FCC Process Reform

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It was déjà vu today when a House subcommittee once again revisited a pair of bills aimed at reforming how the Federal Communications Commission does business. Democrats didn’t like the bills [...]