As is, the infrastructure proposal includes provisions that would require broadband providers to clearly disclose their monthly internet pricing, in line with provisions that top congressional Democrats including House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) sought in similar legislation.
Key context: This is one among multiple thornier issues that Biden is embracing in the infrastructure plans he is set to announce during remarks in Pittsburgh later on Wednesday, which may make bipartisanship on Capitol Hill tougher to achieve absent extensive negotiation.
Broadband providers have typically resisted government intrusion over what they charge their customers. And during fights
