Appropriations bills are meant to determine funding for government agencies. But members of Congress have increasingly used these must-pass spending bills to sneak in controversial riders that might not survive an actual debate.
As soon as the FCC adopted its landmark Net Neutrality rules back in February, the big Internet service providers and their assorted lobbying groups — not to mention their friends in Congress — made it their mission to kill those protections.
It’s Giving Tuesday — and your inbox is likely stuffed to the gills with pleas from all of the great organizations you support.
I’m here to urge you to add Free Press to your list.
I am here today to urge the Philadelphia City Council to adopt a franchise agreement that removes the barriers so many poor families face when seeking affordable, high-speed Internet service.
