Sen Ted Cruz's Cuba and Muni Broadband-Related Amendments Withdrawn

Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) has withdrawn a couple of amendments to a Federal Communications Commission reauthorization bill being marked up in the Senate Commerce Committee that would have targeted Administration efforts to loosen communications restrictions on Cuba. Also withdrawn was an amendment Sen Cruz co-sponsored that would have reined in the FCC's preemption of state laws limiting municipal broadband buildouts. Still in the running, though with modifications, was an amendment he introduced requiring a GAO study of federal spectrum opportunity costs and technology by Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL). Sen Rubio has been a big backer of freeing up more spectrum for wireless broadband.