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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: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday June 28 2018, @03:35PM
Fuck no, I don't get the impression my "representatives" are actually representing me.
Between "safe districts," the two-party tango ("vote him out!" "okay" "this guy sucks too, vote the other guy back in!"), and corporate lobbyists, most of them seem to care about us about as much as they care what happens to their shit after they flush.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"