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Senate Passes Bill to Preserve Net Neutrality

posted by takyon on Wednesday May 16 2018, @09:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the polarized-neutrality dept.

DeathMonkey and DannyB write:

Senate Approves Overturning FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal

The Senate approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rollback, dealing a symbolic blow to the FCC's new rule that remains on track to take effect next month.

The final vote was 52-47. As expected, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me., joined Democrats in voting to overturn the FCC's controversial decision. But two other Republicans — Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — also voted in favor of the resolution of disapproval.

The outcome is unlikely to derail the FCC's repeal of Obama-era rules that restrict Internet service providers' ability to slow down or speed up users' access to specific websites and apps.

The legislative victory is fleeting because the House does not intend to take similar action, but Democrats are planning to carry the political fight over Internet access into the 2018 midterms.

DannyB: Hopefully we don't all get slower connections so that ISPs can use the bandwidth to create paid prioritization.

Also at The Hill and TechCrunch.

See also: Everything you need to know about Congress's net neutrality resolution

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @10:37PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @10:37PM (#680535)

    I have no idea what you are talking about. Care to explain further?

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @10:57PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @10:57PM (#680537)
    "Murkowski" is clearly Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) mentioned in the article. Congressman Don Young [wikipedia.org] is a Republican from Alaska as well and I gather that Sulla, the GP poster, had at one point lived (might still live) in his congressional district, and that he had at one time written to Rep. Young about the Net Neutrality issue, and been rebuffed for his efforts. Both are Alaskan Republican politicians and it is indeed curious that Senator Murkowski had taken a pro-Net Neutrality stance this time.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday May 16 2018, @11:25PM (1 child)

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday May 16 2018, @11:25PM (#680550) Journal

      https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/890168183079960576 [twitter.com]

      Senator @lisamurkowski of the Great State of Alaska really let the Republicans, and our country, down yesterday. Too bad!

      FiveThirtyEight has apparently been tracking how every member of the House and Senate votes in comparison to the President Trump/White House position.

      https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/lisa-murkowski/ [fivethirtyeight.com]

      Murkowski votes with Trump 82.9% of the time. That's fourth from last [fivethirtyeight.com], with just Mike Lee (R-UT) at 81.7%, Susan M. Collins (R-ME) at 80.3%, and Rand Paul (R-KY) at 75%. Halfway between 100% and 50%, that must say something special about Rand. And you'll notice that Senator Collins also voted to approve the resolution. Anyway, all of those Senators have had a beef with Trump at one time or another. For example: [washingtonpost.com]

      Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), one of very few Republican senators who never endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, called tonight [October 8, 2016] for the nominee to “step aside” and asked conservatives to find a new candidate.

      Recent NYT profile of Murkowski [nytimes.com]

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 17 2018, @04:59AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 17 2018, @04:59AM (#680630)
        Sounds more like she let the telecom industry down by trying prevent them from shafting the American people even more.