House effort to kill ‘Obamaphone’ program fails

Published June 21, 2016 11:35pm ET



An effort by House Republicans to end federal “Obamaphone” subsidies for wireless voice and broadband service fell short on Tuesday.

The “End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act” won a majority of votes in the House, 207-143. But it was considered under a suspension of House rules, a process used to more quickly process non-controversial bills.

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