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Senate Democrats have put together 50 votes for a measure meant to block the Federal Communications Commission's December decision to end net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration.
Democrats are just one GOP vote shy of the 51-vote threshold for a Senate resolution of disapproval, which would strike down the FCC's December rules change.
"With full caucus support," Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, "it's clear that Democrats are committed to fighting to keep the internet from becoming the Wild West where ISPs are free to offer premium service to only the wealthiest customers while average consumers are left with far inferior options."
The Democrats' effort won the support of its first Republican backer, Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), last Tuesday.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Wednesday January 17 2018, @09:19PM (3 children)
It's really fascinating to see your cognitive dissonance at work here: "Democrats are bad, but Democrats agree with me while most Republicans don't. Does not compute, does not compute ..." * head explodes *
Among the dumbest political decisions you can possibly make is to assume that a political party is either (a) always right, or (b) always wrong. In either case, the politicians running with that party's label have no incentive to be right, because you'll either always back them or always back their opponent regardless of what they do. And that pretty well guarantees you won't get what you want. Some examples of this:
- The AFL-CIO has for decades backed the Democrats without much question. As a result, the Democrats have supported efforts to do all sorts of things that are bad for unions and the working people the unions try to represent, because they knew they could do so and still have the support of the unions. The good news is that the AFL-CIO seems to have caught on to the scam [foxbusiness.com].
- Evangelical Christians have for decades backed the Republicans without much question. As a result, the Republicans, with the strong support of prominent evangelical Christian pastors, have backed a president who has proudly committed most of the major sins out there (avarice, pride, lust, gluttony, wrath, etc) without showing any sign of repentance. So far, the rank-and-file don't seem to have caught on, but that could change.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Thursday January 18 2018, @01:23AM
I tend to go with both political parties are almost always harmful.
Occasionally I am surprised - the first two Obama years, when the Dems were ascendant, were not nearly as bad as the Bush years (and OPG the Trump year we've had... OMG), but that was some kind of freak event near as I can tell. Mostly the Democrats seem to be really, really good at stepping on rights and freedom. Same as the Republicans. Wash, rinse, repeat.
It would be truly lovely if the Dems manage to collar one or two of the Republican Orcs this time around, and get it to vote against the lockstep, but I'm not all that hopeful. Nor am I willing to assume that if they do so, they will do the next thing well or correctly or even at all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @02:44AM (1 child)
Evangelical Christians really hesitated to back Trump. What won them over was the supreme court issue, and Trump has delivered as promised. Evangelical Christians are liking Trump more today than they did when the election was held. Trump has now also: ordered the embassy in Israel to be moved, blocked funding for aid organizations that refer people for abortions, supported an act banning most abortions of children who can feel pain, stopped whitehouse celebrations of Muslim holidays, and started saying "merry Christmas" again.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:16AM
Evangelical Christians: "We'll vote for a godless demagogue, but only if he also shits all over the constitution!"