
Jimm Phillips
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Congressional Reporter for Communications Daily (@Comm_Daily); old account was @jimmphillipsdc
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http://www.communicationsdaily.com 21-01-2022 17:20:59
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.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.


NEWS: Senator Ted Cruz tonight called Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans' spectrum reconciliation proposal "encouraging" but stopped short of endorsing it amid questions about whether he wants to pursue a pipeline larger than House's 600 MHz. For Communications Daily: communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…

ICYMI: Energy and Commerce Committee cleared its spectrum and AI reconciliation proposal early this morning on a party-line 29-24 vote. Ahead of that vote, Senator Ted Cruz and other senators told me they are exploring changes to the airwaves proposal. More from Communications Daily: communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…

NEWS: Donald J. Trump endorses Energy and Commerce Committee 600 MHz spectrum pipeline plan in reconciliation package. This raises questions about viability of some senators' call for changes to spectrum language in negotiations.


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…

The FCC is still tied 2-2 because Geoffrey Starks hasn't formally left the agency yet, contrary to some other media outlets' reports about his announcement earlier today that the commission meeting today was his last.

MORE from Monty Tayloe, Howard Buskirk & myself for Communications Daily on our scoop from last night that Republican FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington is expected to announce his departure this week: communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…


🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: As Communications Daily scooped last night, Republican FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington just announced he plans to resign by week's end.




NEWS: Senator Mike Rounds told reporters Senator Ted Cruz has new concerns about band exclusions in spectrum reconciliation language the two & Senator Roger Wicker appeared to agree on yesterday afternoon.

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…


🚨 Simington's backing for a Wax FCC nomination came as Wax's critics float a raft of other conservative candidates for seat. And as I reported yesterday with Monty Tayloe, Brendan Carr is believed to back FCC General Counsel Adam Candeub for vacancy: communicationsdaily.com/article/2025/0…