One of the biggest lobbying fights in Washington is over a small piece of spectrum.
The fierce policy fight is pitting House committees against each other, the Hill against the Federal Communications Commission and retail giants against a little-known company with a stable of powerful Republican lobbyists on its payroll.
At issue is a proposal by NextNav to strengthen GPS by complementing the decades-old satellite-based system with ground-based technology. The idea has a lot of support in theory, including due to national security concerns.
