FCC Expands Lifeline As Commish Alleges Reneging On Deal

By Jenna Ebersole ( March 31, 2016, 9:23 PM EDT) -- The Federal Communications Commission added broadband to its Lifeline subsidy program Thursday, setting a $2. 25 billion budget in a party-line vote delayed for hours amid partisan infighting, as a Republican commissioner alleged Chairman Tom Wheeler "bull-dozed" a fellow Democrat to kill a compromise that would have set a clearer, and lower, budget. . . .

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