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Cramer Still Seeking Support for Stand-alone Broadband Push

Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., is still collecting lawmaker signatures on his draft letter to the FCC pushing stand-alone broadband USF support, an aide to Cramer said Friday. In recent weeks, Cramer, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen.…

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Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have quietly sought support from colleagues for a pair of such bicameral draft letters (see 1504210033). NTCA framed the letters’ goal as a lobbying priority and recently hosted several of its members in Washington to lobby lawmakers. Cramer initially set Friday as a tentative deadline for gathering signatures but he has extended that to May 8, the aide said. Last Congress, a similar House letter snagged several scores of lawmaker signatures.