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Senate Democrats to Force Vote on Net Neutrality on May 9th

posted by takyon on Friday May 04 2018, @01:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the resolve-to-disapprove dept.

MrPlow writes:

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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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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by DannyB on Friday May 04 2018, @05:27PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 04 2018, @05:27PM (#675751) Journal

    Don't bring things to a vote just to show who voted for what

    Disagree.

    Always bring things to show who voted for what. None of this voting for things that screw the public at the benefit of rich corporations and then hiding the dasterdly deed from public scrutiny. This is PART of the problem.

    Better yet, make all votes be quick electronic votes and publish who votes for what. If you're elected to represent the public, then the public is entitled to see everything you vote on, for, against, abstain, or otherwise.

    OT... but let's also get rid of congresscritters voting in place of others without some clear authorization to do so. If the electronic voting was done by a card, then simply giving another critter your card to vote in your place for your convenience, would be okay. The other critter physically gave their card to be used for a vote.

    If these people are too busy talking to fundraisers to vote, then that ought to be clear to the public also. No hiding it. Let's get it all out there in the bright light of day. In front of God and everybody. Shouldn't Republicans and Democrats alike be in favor of that?

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