Deficit Hawk Frets About Expense of Spectrum Bill Headed for Senate Markup

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The price of public safety legislation was a major concern to Ranking Member Jim DeMint, R-S.C., of the Senate Communications Subcommittee going into Wednesday’s markup of S-911 in the parent Commerce Committee. The bill, by Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, promises to send $10 billion to the U.S. Treasury, but its cost could be an issue for other budget hawks, too, telecom lobbyists said.