roundtable: TIIAP Funding Survives Senate Vote

roundtable: TIIAP Funding Survives Senate Vote

TIIAP Funding Survives Senate Vote

Richard Civille (rciville@civicnet.org)
Fri, 29 Sep 1995 18:10:01 -0400 

Message-Id: <199509292224.SAA04746@clark.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 18:10:01 -0400
To: Telecommunications Policy Roundtable <ROUNDTABLE@CNI.ORG>
From: rciville@civicnet.org (Richard Civille)
Subject: TIIAP Funding Survives Senate Vote


Just about an hour ago, the Senate voted to appropriate about 19 million 
in FY '96 funding for the Telecommunications Information Infrastructure
Assistance Program, in support of an amendment proposed by Senators Kerry
(D-NE), Snowe (R-ME) and Leahy (D-VT). Both Kerry and Snowe apparently 
spoke at length about the program's benefits. We'll report more as we 
learn it.  The amendment was retained on a voice vote of 64-33, a 
comfortable margin demonstrating substantial bi-partisan support for the 
popular information highway grant program.

Richard Civille
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