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Lawmakers ask FCC to halt Internet
subsidy program

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four powerful U.S. lawmakers Thursday
warned the Federal Communications Commission to halt a multibillion-dollar
subsidy program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet.

In an unusual display of bipartisanship, the Republican chairmen and top
Democrats on both the Senate and House Commerce committees sent a
letter to FCC chairman William Kennard asking him to suspend the
program, which is funded mostly by long-distance phone companies.


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