MOBILE NOW Bill Pulled From Nov. 18 Markup

The MOBILE NOW Act may have to be renamed the MOBLIE LATER Act since it has been pulled from a list of bills being marked up in the Senate Commerce Committee Nov. 18.

It was still listed as leading off the executive session on the committee website at press time, but Committee press secretary Lauren Hammond confirmed consideration of the bill was being postponed. Industry sources said it was being pulled because committee members -- notably Democrats, but also Republicans -- had not gotten sufficient notice and were not ready to amend and vote out the bill. One industry source speaking on background called it an unnecessarily aggressive move to schedule the markup, saying the Democrats had not been consulted on the substance or timing.