The proposal comes after Republicans killed a federal FCC program that provided a $30 discount off the broadband bills of low-income Americans. The Republicans in question claimed they killed the popular program to save money, but a follow up study showed that the program more than paid for itself (by a factor of four) because it helped expand access to remote healthcare, employment, and education.

My state fighting a good fight. We’re flawed, but we sometimes get it right.

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    I’m POOR and that’s SOCIALISM! REAL FREEDOM is when we make it Affordable for the RICH while making it IMPOSSIBLE for ME to Afford!

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      4 hours ago

      My sympathies exactly, my dear fellow.

      Best regards,

      A Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire

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      Newmam will veto this bill. The motherfucker veto anything that helps the poor. He wants to be president and thinks kissing corporations assses will help him with that.

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        Corporate Democrats are there to ensure that poors never get anything from this clown regime when Republicans are on the bench taking a rest from fucking them 169%