Senators demand action on fraudulent phone subsidies

By Susan Ferrechio

Published August 14, 2017 8:13pm ET

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A bipartisan group of senators wants to expand an investigation into fraudulent federal subsidies for cellphones and broadband service provided to low-income people.

Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Tom Carper, D-Del., want the Federal Communications Commission and its Inspector General to examine a scathing report on the federal Lifeline program that found significant fraud.

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