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: 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.