S.J.Res. 7 · 119th Congress · Science, technology, communications
Overturning the FCC E-Rate Hotspot Rule
How the Senate voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Senate · May 8, 2025
Roll call ↗50
38
Passed the Senate.
Passed the Senate on May 8, 2025.
Latest action: Held at the desk
- IntroducedJan 27, 2025
- CommitteeJan 27, 2025
- Passed SenateMay 8, 2025
- Passed House
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 16
- all Republicans
- Senate committee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Lobbying
- At least 11
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
Using the Congressional Review Act, this resolution would void the Federal Communications Commission's rule titled Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program, published at 89 Fed.
How each member voted
The Senate roll call, passed the Senate, May 8, 2025
Nay unless marked
D · Sen · MD
D · Sen · WI
D · Sen · CO
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program".
Using the Congressional Review Act, this resolution would void the Federal Communications Commission's rule titled Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program, published at 89 Fed. Reg. 67303 on August 20, 2024. That rule had allowed E-Rate program support for Wi-Fi hotspots and wireless internet service that students and library patrons could use off premises. If it takes effect, the rule has no force or effect. Under the Congressional Review Act, the agency may not reissue it in substantially the same form without new authorization from Congress. The Senate passed the resolution on May 8, 2025; the text reflects the Senate-engrossed version.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 11 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 42 quarterly reports filed by 3 lobbying firms and by 9 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: American Federation of School Administrators; Competitive Carriers Association; League of Conservation Voters; Cox Enterprises Inc.; Verizon Communications Inc and Various Subsidiaries. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 6 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.