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Senate Democrats plan to force vote on net neutrality May 9th
Democrats in Congress have been against the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules from the beginning. They've had the signatures in favor of restoring the rules since January, along with a companion House bill (with 80 co-sponsors). Senator Edward J. Markey also introduced a formal Congressional Review Act "resolution of disapproval" in February. Now, Markey tweeted that Democrats will force a floor vote restore the rules on May 9th.
Also at The Verge and Tom's Hardware.
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Senate Democrats to Force Vote on Net Neutrality on May 9th
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Snotnose on Friday May 04 2018, @02:39PM (7 children)
Congress has a habit of wrapping turds with a big bow and giving it a name like Children Have Inspiring Life Decisions (CHILD act), then saying anyone who votes against it is against children.
Unless we know what's in the "net neutrality" bill then this is nothing but a bunch of turds with a shiny ribbon.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Friday May 04 2018, @04:17PM
They do that because it works to buffalo the unwashed masses. Working as designed.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Thexalon on Friday May 04 2018, @06:01PM (2 children)
Under current law, Congress can nix any regulatory change by the executive branch by passing a "resolution of disapproval", which does not require the president's approval. So in the event that this passes, the rules would go back to what they were back in 2016.
My general take on this: The odds of this passing are extremely [opensecrets.org] ridiculously [opensecrets.org] slim [opensecrets.org]. Indeed, for the reasons I just linked to, I doubt the Democrats would have pushed for this vote unless they had made assurances behind-the-scenes that it wouldn't pass. But this way they can go back to their constituents and say "We tried, but we just didn't have the votes. If you just gave more money to the DCCC and DSCC, and voted unquestioningly for our party's chosen candidates, then we'd have net neutrality again."
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(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 04 2018, @06:12PM (1 child)
I doubt the Democrats would have pushed for this vote unless they had made assurances behind-the-scenes that it wouldn't pass.
Why would they want the rules that they implemented in 2016 to not be kept?
Remember: this bill is to prevent the repeal of the existing rules
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday May 04 2018, @09:49PM
I thought I was clear: Because they were paid off to allow the Republicans to remove them again. Obama could be for them because he wasn't running for anything again, but the senators and congressmen aren't in that same position.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 04 2018, @06:08PM (1 child)
Unless we know what's in the "net neutrality" bill then this is nothing but a bunch of turds with a shiny ribbon.
They want prevent the elimination of the Net Neutraility rules that are currently in place.
You can find out what those rules are right now if you want to.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @08:09PM
You assumption is exactly the problem mentioned. Congress is notorious for misleading titles. For all you know, the bill might be SOPA under a new name.
(Score: 2) by crafoo on Saturday May 05 2018, @03:35AM
My favorite example of this is the "Patriot Act". I'd be hard-pressed to think of another bill that goes against the spirit of the United States of America as documented in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Probably the most unpatriotic law ever written.