”Just in case,” a senior House Republican introduced the Senate debt...
"Just in case,” a senior House Republican introduced the Senate debt limit proposal by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Calif. As Congress continued to wrangle over the debt limit, House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier, R-Calif., introduced the Reid plan late…
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Thursday as HR-2693. “Dreier intro'd it as a just in case,” a Dreier spokesman told us. “It’s not being considered.” Using exactly the same language as Reid, Dreier’s bill (HR-2693) reallocates the 700 MHz D-block to public safety and provides $7 billion for the building of the network. It also authorizes voluntary incentive and other spectrum auctions. The bill was referred to several House committees: Budget, Commerce, Education, Rules, Science and Ways and Means.