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Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tim Griffin, R-Ark.,...

Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tim Griffin, R-Ark., told the FCC they were “deeply concerned” about what they called the agency’s “mismanagement” of the USF Lifeline fund, in a letter made public on Tuesday (http://1.usa.gov/11QLVnt). Blackburn and Griffin asked why…

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the commission has failed to create an eligibility database that would help “root out ineligible participants.” They also asked the FCC to say whether the alleged Boston Marathon bombers received benefits from the Lifeline program. “If the FCC isn’t able to conclusively state whether the alleged Boston Marathon bombers received Lifeline benefits, we believe the program should be frozen until there are mechanisms in place to do so,” the letter said.