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So BRAVE! Sen. Mark Warner DRAMATICALLY tweets he will not leave DC until COVID relief is passed (there’s just 1 hilarious problem)
Posted at 2:45 pm on December 18, 2020 by Sam J.
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“When the pandemic hit, Chief technology Officer for Wise County schools, Scott Kiser, had no more time to wait for cable companies to find it cost effective to bring broadband to
his rural school division.
“So, we were looking for what we could do to service our students the fastest. And fortunately, we made some connections and got in touch with SpaceX and Starlink to get this solution in the works for our students.”
Starlink is working on a pilot project with Wise, beta testing a new kind of Internet, offering high-speed, low latency broadband that comes from low earth orbit satellites.
A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building on April 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON (CN) A bipartisan group of lawmakers Monday offered Congress a double dose of compromise to end months of gridlock over Covid-19 relief talks as the year and unemployment benefits for 12 million Americans run out.
The Problem Solvers Caucus, a 50-member group made up of moderate House Democrats and Republicans, have been chipping away at the months-long stalemate in Congress since September. Just two weeks ago, the caucus formally introduced a $908 billion proposal to shore up the U.S. economy, but it gained little traction.