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The FCC is about to kill a scheme that gives poor people $30 off broadband bills every month and says it will run out of cash by May unless Congress coughs up more dough.
The Affordable Connectivity Programme (ACP) was set up by Congress two years ago, and the Democrats have been begging for more money to keep it alive. But the Republicans have slammed the ACP last month, calling it a "waste of money".
In a letter, the Rep bigwigs moaned that most of the people getting the discount already had broadband before the scheme started. They threatened to cut off the funding and slammed what they called the "Biden administration's spending spree". We suspect they'd rather spend the money on tax breaks for the rich and paying for Donald Trump's legal bills.
The top Republicans namely Sen. John Thune, Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Rep. Bob Latta sent the letter.
The FCC is about to kill a scheme that gives poor people $30 off broadband bills every month and says it will run out of cash by May unless Congress coughs up more dough.
The Affordable Connectivity Programme (ACP) was set up by Congress two years ago, and the Democrats have been begging for more money to keep it alive. But the Republicans have slammed the ACP last month, calling it a "waste of money".
In a letter, the Rep bigwigs moaned that most of the people getting the discount already had broadband before the scheme started. They threatened to cut off the funding and slammed what they called the "Biden administration's spending spree". We suspect they'd rather spend the money on tax breaks for the rich and paying for Donald Trump's legal bills.
The top Republicans namely Sen. John Thune, Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Rep. Bob Latta sent the letter.
