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 Freeman on Thursday June 28 2018, @08:32PM (1 child)
On this particular issue, I would say most likely not. Time will tell, but we had to live with 8 years of Obama. The shoe is on the other foot, now. Was Trump a good choice? No. Was Hillary a good choice? Definitely not, either. I was rooting for Ben Carson, but it became clear that he wasn't going to get anywhere near the votes he needed from fairly early on. Truly being able to vote for someone who's worth being president hasn't been on the table for some time. "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."--Douglas Adams. He seems to have hit the nail on the head with that statement.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @09:11PM
Obama was worth the risk, 100%. Then he went status quo and fighting the Republican majority made it even harder. Blame "your" side for at least 50% of Obama's failures, and comparing Obama's term to Trump's can only be a valid statement if you're a bigot and/or moron.
Go ahead, explain all the good things Trump has done. I don't really agree unemployment has gotten much better, but if the numbers have improved those are always due to whatever was done a few years previously so we'd be thanking Obama's administration for that anyway.
PS: I don't like Obama, he continued the authoritarian evils, but compared to Trump he is a saint.