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Getting every American connected to broadband — an issue that cuts across “Red-Blue” and urban-rural fault lines — would be a good place to start repairing the breach.

Republicans know infrastructure deployment gaps are found primarily in rural, as well as tribal areas. Democrats understand broadband adoption rates are lowest among low-income households and in communities of color. And common sense, pro-consumer open internet protections and privacy safeguards enjoy strong bipartisan support — so long as they’re not weighed down with poison pills and unrelated add-ons.

Taken together, these priorities offer ripe ground for bipartisan compromise and meaningful progress. Universal broadband connectivity is an attainable goal — if the administration can resist pressure to go down the dead-end paths of government micromanagement and instead stay focused on targeted spending, smart reforms, and public-private partnerships.

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