Wheeler pushes net neutrality with expanded FCC oversight
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed reclassifying the Internet as a telecommunications service to curb data blocking and slow lanes. The plan would regulate both wireless and wired providers like a public utility, while denying rate-setting power, drawing GOP and industry concerns over investment and taxes. The FCC set a vote for February 26 to decide.
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Obama’s Pentagon pick signals aid to Ukraine
Ashton Carter said he favors increased U S assistance to Ukraine including lethal arms to bolster its forces against Russian backed rebels. He urged use of taxpayers dollars wisely, pledged to curb waste and sexual assaults, and noted Moscow’s breach of the Budapest Agreement.
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GOP proposes tax credits to help buy insurance in health care plan
A small GOP bloc plans a replacement health care outline proposing tax credits to help lower income individuals purchase insurance and a repeal of the Obamacare mandate. Sen. Orrin Hatch Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. Fred Upton will unveil the proposal as Supreme Court weighs components of the Affordable Care Act.
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