Senate bill to reverse net neutrality repeal gains 30th co-sponsor, ensuring floor vote

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY HARPER NEIDIG - 01/08/18 01:10 PM EST

A Senate bill that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to repeal net neutrality received its 30th co-sponsor on Monday, ensuring it will receive a vote on the Senate floor.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) announced her support for the bill on Twitter, putting it over the top of a procedural requirement to bypass committee approval.

The bill, which is being pushed by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), would use Congress’s authority under the Congressional Review Act to reverse the FCC’s rollback of its popular net neutrality rules.

“We’ve reached the magic number of 30 to secure a vote on the Senate floor, and that number will only continue to climb,” Markey said in a statement Monday. “Republicans are faced with a choice — be on the right side of history and stand with the American people who support a free and open internet, or hold hands with the special interests who want to control the internet for their own profit.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/367929-senate-bill-to-reverse-net-neutrality-repeal-wins-30th-co-sponsor-ensuring

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R

[Qutzupalotl]

2. Get them all on record and USE THIS in the fall!

You’re either for a free and open internet or you’re a fascist.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Good! However, that was the easy part.

Getting any Republican to vote for this will be the hard part.

Good Luck!

[RKP5637]

4. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Perseus]

5. When have republicans cared to be

on the right side of history? They are more interested in the "here and now", putting as many dollars in their pockets now, they are all narcissistic beings only interested in the spotlight, the big cars, the big house and the prestige they think money brings to them.

They know they will die one day, and those republicans who stay behind will take care of changing history to make them look decent, as great servants to the country...

I wish people would stop giving republicans the benefit of the doubt, that they would once and for all treat them the way the deserve to be treated, as selfish corrupt traitors, as beings who do not care for other people, who are not interested in the betterment of the country, only in putting money in their coffers. Stop being "politically correct" when addressing them, I believe that when democrats start describing republicans and their actions for what they are, without coloring them to make them sound civilized, that the country will slowly understand that republicans are not their friends, and only then we will get them out of office.

[iluvtennis]

6. Nice, I needed some good news today...been one of those days

[geardaddy]

7. It was Franken's bill to begin with

but I'm glad now after Net Neutrality is gone that they're trying to get it back.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Here are the co-sponsors

Senators co-sponsoring the CRA resolution include -

Markey, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii.), Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sherrod Brown (D-O.H.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Casey (Pa.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.).

https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-leads-resolution-to-restore-fccs-net-neutrality-rules

(33 total now)

[pangaia]

9. Dems MUST get superior messaging out.

Good luck wirh that. They are 99%of the time pn the right side, but messaging.....well.. it is lacking.

[onenote]

10. Here is how the process proceeds from this point

Under the Congressional Review Act's Senate procedure, Senator Markey, by submitting a petition signed by 30 senators, can obtain the discharge of his Joint Resolution. Once a discharge petition is filed in the Senate, any Senator, at any time, can make a non-debatable motion to proceed to consideration of the Joint Resolution. A motion to proceed requires only a simple majority to pass and is not subject to amendment, postponement, or a motion to proceed to other Senate business. If the motion to proceed passes, the Joint Resolution will be taken up by the Senate with up to 10 hours of debate, divided equally between proponents and opponents of the resolution. The Joint Resolution is not subject to amendment.

So, Senate repubs probably can be forced to vote on the Joint Resolution. Unfortunately, there is no similar fast-track procedure in the House, so it's more likely than not that no vote ever takes place in the House.

One other thing to consider: in some circumstances, a rule that has not yet gone into effect cannot go into effect while a CRA resolution is pending. There is some question as to whether the repeal of net neutrality is they type of rule subject to this delayed effective date requirement.

[MrPurple]

11. Right wing message board morons saying how reversing Obama's net neutrality is pro free market

That would possibly be true if everyone had a dozen broadband providers to choose from and they were free to choose the one that doesn't throttle any content. However, in reality, where you only have one cable provider to choose from it just means that you're at the mercy of the corporate deals they make and subject to their whims of what content they want to suppress. When you have one provider of a basic service, it's regulation that assures your rights.

I understand why Comcast and Verizon and the politicians that are in their pocket want to do away with net neutrality, but the random morons who claim to be like very smart who think this is a good idea baffle me.

[L. Coyote]

12. Senate GOP wont be able to hide any longer.

Link to tweet

[Thekaspervote]

13. Twitter google and Facebook have joined in law suits to undo this terrible ruling

With money like that, WE WILL WIN!