The requirement to raise millions of their own dollars to qualify for federal funding is blocking locally led broadband initiatives, town leaders say. Meanwhile, multi-state commercial internet service providers don’t
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A new broadband access. the problem for senator tuberville, alabama received that 1. 4 billion dollars in new broadband funding because of joe biden s bipartisan infrastructure bill, a bill that republicans and that are tuberville voted against. and there is a similar tweet from republican senator john cornyn. celebrating the 3. 3 billion dollars in federal funds that texas received to expand broadband in that state. as you can probably guess. senator cornyn also voted against the biden infrastructure bill, that was responsible for that influx of funding. in south carolina, it was republican congresswoman nancy mace touting a new bus project in her state that was, again, made possible by that very same infrastructure bill, which nancy mace also voted against. in fact, when the bill passed, congresswoman mace called it a fiasco, and a socialist wish list.
Okay, here s a tweet from republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama. broadband is vital for the success of our rural communities and for our entire community. great to see alabama receive crucial funds to boost broadband efforts. then the senator links to a local story about alabama receiving $1.4 pillion in funding for a new broadband access. the problem for senator tuberville is that alabama received that $1.4 billion in new broadband funding because of joe biden s bipartisan infrastructure bill, a bill republican senator tommy tuberville voted against. and here s a similar tweet from john cornyn celebrating the $3.3 billion in federal funds that texas received to expand broadband in that state. and as you can probably guess senator cornyn also voted against the biden infrastructure bill that was responsible for that influx of funding. in south carolina it was