GOP effort to override net neutrality rules blocked

[tpsbmam]

Source: Politico

A Republican-led campaign to override the FCC’s net neutrality rules faltered in the Senate on Thursday after lawmakers blocked consideration of a measure that the White House had threatened to veto anyway.

Democrats ultimately held strong on a 52-46 vote, preventing a bloc of Republicans from further considering their resolution of disapproval — a legislative vehicle that generally allows Congress to consider, and in some cases reverse, the actions of federal agencies.

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The Senate outcome Thursday is largely symbolic: Even Republicans had recognized the White House would likely veto any effort to roll back the FCC’s work on net neutrality, a threat the administration made formal this week.

But Republicans in the upper chamber, led by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), never backed down in their war. With more than 40 original co-sponsors, the GOP held on to the resolution for months, waiting for the FCC to publish its rules through official channels, so that GOP lawmakers could fast track their measure to the floor while avoiding a filibuster.



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Good going, Democrats! Hutchinson claims we'll only keep net neutrality alive & well by removing FCC regulation. Riiiiiiiiiiiiight, asshole.

[KansDem]

1. It seems the right-wingers have been suffering defeats of late

Ohio win for unions--:woohoo:
Keystone XL Pipeline decision delayed--:woohoo:
Mississippi's "Personhood Amendment" defeated--:woohoo:
Republican efforts to privatize the Internet rejected--:woohoo:
And the OWS movement picking up momentum around the world--:woohoo:

:patriot:

[AllyCat]

2. This is great news. It's been a week of mostly good news...

We will still need to keep fighting...they'll just look for another way.