Battle Shifts to House after Senate Kills Biden FCC's Wi-Fi Hotspots

Senate: In a 50-38 party line vote, the Senate yesterday gave final approval to killing the Biden FCC’s Wi-Fi hotspots program financed with E-Rate money held in the $8.6 billion Universal Service Fund. The action now shifts to the House, where Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) in February introduced a Congression Review Act resolution identical to the one sponsored by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “I can confirm Congressman Fulcher is in communication with the House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding his resolution (H.J.Res.33), and is committed to having this legislation brought forward to overturn the Biden administration’s FCC rule expanding the E-Rate program beyond its statutory limits and to prevent similar regulatory overreach in the future,” said Fulcher Communications Director Christianné L. Allen Hughes in an email to Policyband after the Senate vote. (More after paywall.)