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Senate Approves Overturning FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal
The Senate approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rollback, dealing a symbolic blow to the FCC's new rule that remains on track to take effect next month.
The final vote was 52-47. As expected, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me., joined Democrats in voting to overturn the FCC's controversial decision. But two other Republicans — Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — also voted in favor of the resolution of disapproval.
The outcome is unlikely to derail the FCC's repeal of Obama-era rules that restrict Internet service providers' ability to slow down or speed up users' access to specific websites and apps.
The legislative victory is fleeting because the House does not intend to take similar action, but Democrats are planning to carry the political fight over Internet access into the 2018 midterms.
DannyB: Hopefully we don't all get slower connections so that ISPs can use the bandwidth to create paid prioritization.
Also at The Hill and TechCrunch.
See also: Everything you need to know about Congress's net neutrality resolution
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @11:00PM (1 child)
You switch republican to democrat and R to D you have the exact same thing.
BOTH parties are full of shit. Do not think so? OK. Go pick a random D congress critter. You will find they all mostly vote party line. With a stray here and there. There are about 4-5 people deciding the votes in the senate and congress.
My senator and congressman voted party line about 100 times in a row. That is not a coincidence. That is lazy.
The only thing the parties agree on is to take the opposite stances on issues and pretend they give a fuck about us.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday May 17 2018, @01:35AM
Ok, done.
Oh look, he voted in favor of Net Neutrality which is a position I support. I like that guy.