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Trump FCC Wages War on the Poor With Plan to Undermine the Lifeline Program
February 21, 2018
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Free Press issued the following news release:

Free Press on Wednesday condemned the Federal Communications Commission for waging a war on the poor by moving forward with a proceeding to deny essential broadband and telephone subsidies to low-income people.

Free Press filed comments in an ongoing FCC rulemaking proceeding in which the agency has proposed a number of dangerous changes to the Lifeline program, which offers modest subsidies to poo . . .

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