Congressional Democrats seeking to reinstate net neutrality rules are still 46 votes short of getting the measure through the House of Representatives.
The US Senate voted last month to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules, with all members of the Democratic caucus and three Republicans voting in favor of net neutrality.
A discharge petition needs 218 signatures to force a House vote on the same net neutrality bill, and 218 votes would also be enough to pass the measure. So far, the petition has signatures from 172 representatives, all Democrats. That number hasn't changed in two weeks.
"We're 46 [signatures] away from being able to force a vote on the resolution to restore the Open Internet Order," Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) tweeted yesterday.
(Score: 5, Informative) by c0lo on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:53PM (3 children)
Suggestion: just ask the candidates how they are going to vote on this one before the election. If possible, in public electoral meetings, so that their answer is on record.
It won't matter if you'll decide who to vote based on the answer at this particular question; it matters the question to be raised, even better if it's raised repeatedly, they should note that this is a point of interest inside their electorate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @05:00PM (2 children)
Thank God no American elected official ever lied on record making a false promise and got away with it!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 29 2018, @01:04AM (1 child)
In the USA, we have something called a recall election. [wikipedia.org]
When successful, that tends to ruin a political career.
In California, that was successful against Governor Gray Davis in 2003 and against California State Senator Josh Newman in 2018.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday June 29 2018, @10:49AM
Interesting, but I see no federal congress critter being recalled ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford