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Without an injection of new funding to the ACP, the program that has helped more than 23 million households get and stay online will expire in May.

If Congress doesn’t act, in a matter of days the internet bills for one out of every six homes in the country will go up.

This essential broadband subsidy will end in weeks without renewed resources, leaving tens of millions of households paying more to access the internet.

Without additional congressional funding, the Affordable Connectivity Program will shut down, leaving millions of people without internet access.

The ACP, which could run out of funding as soon as April, subsidizes the cost of internet access for households living near the poverty line or enrolled in other federal-aid programs.

More than 170 social-justice, environmental, faith, health and labor groups urged key policymakers to take several emergency measures to keep people safe.

The FCC is seeking comment on how to interpret the Act’s language to ensure just and reasonable rates for incarcerated people trying to connect with loved ones.

Free Press Action calls on Senate leadership to stop delaying the confirmation of public-interest champion Gigi Sohn.