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All 3 Republicans E-rate supporters publicly tagged as potential no's -- Collins, Murkowski and Sullivan -- voted to proceed on the CRA.

ICYMI: Last night Energy and Commerce Committee released its part of reconciliation legislation, which would renew lapsed FCC auction authority thru end of FY 2034 and seeks sale of at least 600 MHz of spectrum. That's on par with what CTIA wanted. docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF… (1/3)

.Rep. Doris Matsui criticizes Energy and Commerce Committee reconciliation proposal's spectrum language, which would renew lapsed FCC authority thru FY34 & mandates sale of 600 MHz of bandwidth.

Muni broadband operators at AAPB (American Association for Public Broadband) seminar: community b'band networks face *tons* of lobbying by incumbents trying to stymie them. Communications Daily

W/ FCC rulemaking now going through White House OIRA reviews, the agency's pace could slow, but it shouldn't greatly change outcome of agency rules and policies, reports Communications Daily . FCC independence - if it even existed - is further whittled away by this move, critics say.

. SpaceX to FCC: @Echostar clearly isn't doing anything w/ 2 GHz MSS, so let us use that spectrum in our second-gen satellites. Communications Daily

. FCC chmn Brendan Carr at FCBA shindig: the good-cause exception to notice-and-comment rulemaking gonna be 'useful tool' as commish looks to deregulate. Communications Daily Also thinks agency has the authority to tackle b'cast ownership cap.

. FCC commish Anna M. Gomez at FCBA event: 'I dont know why Im not fired yet, honestly.' Office is prepared as admin fires agency Democrat commishes, she says. Communications Daily

NEWS: Senator Ted Cruz told me before House passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation package (HR-1) this AM that he interprets Donald J. Trump backing its spectrum plan as opposing exemptions for lower 3 GHz band & others. By me for Communications Daily: communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…

An aide to Geoffrey Starks has confirmed to me that his annoucment today was just that this was his last meeting, nothing else. So he's still a commissioner, and there is no current FCC majority.

US Solicitor General urging #SCOTUS to take up Cox's cert petition in the ISP's years-long piracy fight with music labels. Communications Daily

Trump Administration Launches 'Sprint' to Identify 600 MHz for 5G: NTIA communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…

The FBA Assn. joins the list of those pushing U.S. Commerce Dept.: let states decide how to use BEAD money for connectivity. Communications Daily at #fiberconnect2025

Sen. Marsha Blackburn at #fiberconnect2025: lot of federal spectrum is warehoused or being sat on. Need to inventory what govt uses, make the unused or periodically used available to private sector. Communications Daily

Nokia VP Broadband Strategy Lori Adams: Commerce Secy Lutnick's testimony Thurs. before House Appropriations Committee might give states and providers a bit of #BEAD direction, but not expecting actual guidance this week. Communications Daily #fiberconnect2025

From Tuesday’s Privacy Daily: Cruz Expects Swift 'Byrd Bath' on AI Moratorium; Blackburn and Hawley Opposed

NEWS: Senator Ted Cruz insists his spectrum reconciliation deal w/ Senator Roger Wicker & Senator Mike Rounds is still in place, despite Rounds' claims that Cruz has new concerns about the wording of DOD band exclusions. My bulletin for Communications Daily: communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…

NEWS: Senate Commerce Republicans released its budget reconciliation bill text a few minutes ago. As I reported for Communications Daily was likely, it calls for an 800 MHz spectrum pipeline and excludes the 3.1-3.45 GHz & 7.4-8.4 GHz bands. My preview: communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…

Freshly out of the @fcc, Nathan A. Simington told Communications Daily today that he would be "delighted" if Donald J. Trump chose Gavin M. Wax to take his seat.