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posted by chromas on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the 'bated-breath dept.

Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill Survives First Vote:

A bill backed by House Democrats to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality protections passed its first hurdle Tuesday.

Democrats pushed the Save the Internet Act through the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee in an 18-11 vote that fell along party lines. The legislation codifies rules that were repealed in December 2017 by the Republican-led FCC. As part of this repeal, the FCC abdicated its authority to protect consumers online to the Federal Trade Commission.

The bill introduced by Democrats is an attempt to end a nearly two-decade-old fight over how best to prevent broadband companies from abusing their power as gatekeepers to the internet. Specifically, it prevents broadband providers from blocking, slowing down or charging for faster access to the internet. But it also restores the FCC's authority as the "cop on the beat" when it comes to policing potential broadband abuses.

Republicans have criticized the legislation as giving the FCC too much authority to regulate ISPs.

What are the odds that it will pass?


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:04PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:04PM (#820767)

    Just looked at the voting patterns of the last 11 years and you owe everyone here a dollar.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:29PM (9 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @05:29PM (#820787) Journal

    Oh please! Go back 50!* I'll be rich!

    * and learn the art of "villain rotation". You will see just how deeply systemic and intentional it is.

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
    • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday March 27 2019, @06:03PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 27 2019, @06:03PM (#820826) Journal

      They won't go back to 1964.

      "The Congressional Quarterly of June 26, 1964 recorded that in the
      Senate, only 69 percent of Democrats (46 for, 21 against) voted for
      the Civil Rights Act as compared to 82 percent of Republicans (27 for,
      6 against). All southern Democratic senators voted against the act.
      [...] In the House of Representatives, 61 percent of Democrats (152
      for, 96 against) voted for the Civil Rights Act; 92 of the 103
      Southern Democrats voted against it. Among Republicans, 80 percent
      (138 for, 34 against) voted for it."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @06:31PM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @06:31PM (#820843)

      We all realize that, you are the only one so fixated on it that you'd rather do nothing than something. Almost everyone here could rattle off a few good plans on a variety of topics, but until you factor in reality it is pointless. Perhaps you should examine the $1 bill for some good CLUES to uncover THE TRUTH?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @06:58PM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @06:58PM (#820872)

        you'd rather do nothing than something

        *sigh* boilerplate bullshit from a partisan tribe... so primitive!

        The truth was never "covered".. Your blinders are just opaque.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:01PM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:01PM (#820875)

          dummy addresses the joking aspect of a comment, top minds FTW!

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:07PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:07PM (#820880)

            "joking" riiiiight!

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @10:28PM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @10:28PM (#821004)

              If you are unable to comprehend that "Perhaps you should examine the $1 bill for some good CLUES to uncover THE TRUTH?" is a joke then you have serious problems. It was a reference to the shitty Illuminati conspiracies, best exemplified in that Nicholas Cage treasure hunt movie.

              Don't be surprised the next time someone calls you a moron, it has nothing to do with the sprinkles on your ice cream.
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlt3rA-oDao [youtube.com]

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:35AM

                by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:35AM (#821071)

                I'm not impressed with your silly Illuminati cliches. Not a big follower, though the books were hilarious. Not my fault if your "joke" flopped. I took issue with something entirely different in the same post.

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday March 27 2019, @11:52PM (1 child)

      by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Wednesday March 27 2019, @11:52PM (#821048) Homepage
      The external view of a decades-long-politically-aware European (with an American g/f who agrees with him) is that historically, the Dems have been more moderately likely to blindly vote along party lines, and thus almost certaintly with no respect for the voters they are supposed to represent, than the Repubs.
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      • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:45AM

        by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:45AM (#821075) Journal

        party lines = contributors/lobbyists demands

        or the money goes elsewhere. It's strictly business. And the democrats are indistinguishable from the republicans, aside from that they (democrats) have to play two sides to keep the "liberal" money in the corral. The republicans don't have this issue. What both have to do is keep third parties from getting any attention/money.

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        La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..