Federal communications commission. In proceedings which lasted over four hours the commissioners considered and voted on several issues including rowboat Call Blocking regulations. Media ownership rules into the a new broadcast standard for television. Good morning welcome to that november 2017 meeting of the federal communications commission. Good morning to you and good morning commissioners. You will hear eight items for your consideration first you will consider a report in order that would expressly authorize Voice Service providers to block certain types of robo calls that falsely appear to be from telephone numbers that do not or cannot make outgoing calls. It would prohibit Voice Service them blocking the 911 calls under these rules. To provide a mechanism to allow subscribers whose legitimate calls are blocked an error to stop such block it and clarify that providers may exclude. You will consider a report in order. Order on reconsideration. Provide four gigahertz for satellit
Drivers, the tax bill and the Federal Reserve. We begin tonight with that tax bill. A final draft does appear to be taking shape in a House Senate Conference committee. There are reports late tonight that an agreement has been reached on a few key issues. And ylan mui has the new details. Repor republicans closing in on the final version of the tax bill. Two sources briefed on the plan tell me that the corporate rate will be 21 . Its unclear right now when that would kick in, right away or not until 2019. But it is slightly higher than the 20 rate that was in previous versions of th bill. The top individual rate would fall to 37 . Thats lower than the senates original proposal for a 38. 5 top rate. The deduction for mortgage interest would apply to loans up to 750,000. This would only apply to new loans, existing mortgages would still be grandfathered in. Also the deduction for passthrough businesses would be at 20 . So not quite as generous as republicans had been hoping for. A white
Reclassification as an Information Service interferes with the communication act, and commissions policy objective. In doing so, the item is heavyhanded utility style regular edition of the internet in favor of a light touch framework that worked for decades prior to 2016. The declaratory ruling also reinstates the private mobile state ossification of mobile broad and Internet Access service and returns to the commissions definition of interconnected service that existed prior to 2015. The item restores the authority of the federal trade commission to enforce Consumer Protection and antitrust laws. It also clarifies the effects of the return to a recent protest reclassification of a regulatory framework, including the need to apply a federal rigorous touring approach to Information Services like broadband Internet Access service. Next, the report and order adopts a transparency rule that would require Internet Service providers to disclose information about their practices to consumers
Of vladimiritic putin discusses russias influence in the u. S. And other countries. Washington journal is next. Returning to the Legal Framework that covered the president rom clintons announcement in 1996 to 2015 is not going to destroy the internet. It is not going to and the internet as we know it. High the fcc chair a jeep pai reversing regulations from the Obama Administration, known as Net Neutrality. Ahead on the washington journal, we will begin with your calls and comments, your reaction, and mean for you. All eyes on Congress Next week with the expected vote on that republican tax bill, but new concerns this morning from the hill. Com. Obstacles emerge as the gop races to the tax finish. We will be talking about all of these, but we want to get your reaction to the secs fcc cs repeal of Net Neutrality. If you support the measure, call us at 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. We want to begin with what a of what Net Neutrality is and the impact of yesterdays 32 decision.
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