Friday night, the House voted to pass the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act which includes $65 billion in broadband investments. These investments will fund the deployment of high-speed networks in unserved and underserved areas, make broadband more affordable for low-income households, and fund digital inclusion programs that ensure communities have the necessary tools and skills to effectively use broadband. The legislation also includes important protections that enhance broadband pricing transparency and takes steps...

Hier, Common Cause, en collaboration avec le Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, la National Hispanic Media Coalition, le New America's Open Technology Institute, l'United Church of Christ, OC Inc. et Free Press ont déposé une requête en réexamen auprès de la Federal Communications Commission concernant l'ordonnance de renvoi de la FCC de 2020 sur la neutralité du Net. L'ordonnance de renvoi de la FCC a conclu que la déréglementation du haut débit par l'agence l'emporte sur tout préjudice causé à la sécurité publique, à la concurrence et à un haut débit abordable pour les ménages à faible revenu.

“We welcome steps the FCC is taking to urge broadband providers connect Americans during this unprecedented pandemic our nation is currently facing.  As businesses shift to telework policies and schools transition to online-only classes for extended periods of time, communities will need robust and affordable broadband access now more than ever. Unfortunately, the FCC has spent the last few years stripping much of its authority to oversee the broadband industry, preventing many of the provisions in this pledge from being enforceable."

Connecticut’s groundbreaking election reform laws have passed a critical test with the agreement of state Democrats to pay $325,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing them of skirting the rules to use donations from state contractors to boost Gov. Dannel Malloy’s reelection campaign, Common Cause said today.

Florida's attorney general owes voters a full accounting of her handling of fraud allegations against Trump University and her acceptance of campaign contributions from a Trump-affiliated charity.

Proving that neither major party is pure when it comes to reducing the influence of money in politics, leaders of the Connecticut Democratic Party today proposed “suspending” that state’s model Clean Elections law in which 74 percent of candidates running for office participated during the 2014 election. The proposed suspension for 2016 comes on the heels of law suits filed by the Connecticut State Democratic Party that also seeks to undermine the landmark legislation.

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