The House Commerce Committee may have a series of staff-level...

It may also have two to three public hearings on the subject, an industry lobbyist said. A spokeswoman for the House Commerce Committee majority denied any staff meetings or public hearings specific to the Joint Select Committee were planned. The staff meetings are expected to include majority and minority committee staff, a telecom industry official said. The exact schedule doesn’t appear to be set, the House staffer said. Congressional committees are required to submit recommendations to the so-called supercommittee by Oct. 14. “I expect every committee to go through a process where they consider what deficit reduction recommendations they might want to forward to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction for consideration,” said David Taylor, managing partner of Capitol Solutions. Spectrum auctions are expected to be considered by the supercommittee because auctions generate revenue without the same controversy as other methods like raising taxes. Supercommittee members Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., have said spectrum could be part of the discussion (CD Sept 9 p10). Spectrum is also part of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill (CD Sept 12 p1), released late Monday.