Less than 200 votes. Also, a bill sponsored by the republican over the keystone to outline will be in the house this week. To the keystone xl pipeline and specifically what congress should do about it, we want to get your thoughts on if congress should approve passage and building of the Keystone Pipeline. If you support the measure if you oppose the measure want to make your thoughts on congress and how they should act on keystone, on , you can contact us on twitter, facebook or email. Mikeng us on the phone, lillis on the hill. Good morning. Can you give us a little background on the scheduled votes on keystone and how this happens . Guest sure, obama was trying to delay without having to deal with it and hoping to get out of office. No unanticipated this would foren in the lame duck something to the louisiana race was going to be close. But when republicans came back and said, hey, lets vote on this one more time and this is not the first time theyve voted on it. Theyve done this a
On the communicators, the impact of that decision 30 years later on telecommunications. Joining us in a round table discussion is professor roger noll of stanford, as well as professor Jerry Hausman of mit. Both of these gentlemen were involved at various levels in the breakup or the decision to break up at t. Joining us here in our washington studio is Paul Barbagallo of bloomberg. Professor noll, first of all, what was your role or activity during the breakup of at t, and what led to that decision . Guest well, the roots of the antitrust case were in a president ial task force that was formed during the Johnson Administration in the late 1960s called the Telecommunications Policy task force. It had concluded that the telecommunications industry, at least the part of it that was in the federal jurisdiction, could be competitive and made recommendations both to the mainly to the federal Communications Commission about how to cause that to happen. Then when the Nixon Administration came
Both the house and senate are in session today. House members return at noon ian for general speeches before turning to legislative business at 2 00. Two suspension bills will be considered requiring colleges to give veterans instate tuition regardless of their place of residence. Other legislation includes a bill that eases federal restrictions on hunters and fishermen including the use of firearms and ammunition. Meanwhile, the senate gavels in at 2 00 eastern when members will resume consideration of the farm bill. That vote if that vote meets the 60vote requirement, a vote on final passage could occur tomorrow. Live gavel to gavel coverage of the house on cspan, the senate here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host well, this week on the communicators, a discussion of the impact of the Net Neutrality ruling by the court of appeals earlier this month. Joining us on the phone, Paul Barbagall
That they serve they are important to the community and they are communitybased and Small Businesses. So we have 100 carriers some also outside of United States and we also Service Almost 200 associate members. Thats the Small Businesses that make up this system that support wireless carriers. Host why is it important to have the service directly for those types of customers rather than have them go to a verizon or at t . Guest i think you probably said consumers like the right choice and choice has many benefits including price points and the small areas in the the rural aries and United States the regional markets the small carrier may be the only carrier willing to build out that last mile or two miles or 10 miles so that their service to the population in that area. They are very cognizant of their constituent i. E. Their customer and i think they distinguish themselves with highvalue service. Host you have a presence in washington d. C. Why is that . Guest we represent the competi