Analysts: Don’t expect tech and telecom bills to move in the lame-duck

Still, the non-partisan nature of some telecom issues could mean they will not be as hampered by partisan grid lock as other legislation when Republicans assume control of the House, she said.

“The issues that are seen as less political may be those that get done because there are fewer compromises needed, if supporters can spin them in a non-partisan way,” she said.

Dean Garfield, president of the Information Technology Industry Council, made the same point in an editorial Wednesday in which he argued high-tech issues offer a chance for the parties to work together.

“High-tech, the foundational element of all industries, offers a bipartisan and fail-proof blueprint that voters will universally accept in 2012,” he said.

Boding well for telecommunications bills in the next session is that spectrum and Universal Service reform already have bipartisan support