Pelosi Sticks Out Her Neck on Net Neutrality, Angers Dems in Pocket of ATT

[BurtWorm]

http://feeds.dailykos.com/dailykos/index?m=3764


From the subscription-only Roll Call:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is drawing the ire of telecommunications giants after she came out against them in a fight between corporate titans of long-standing importance to Democrats -- and encouraged her party colleagues to fall in line behind her.

The battle -- over the relatively obscure issue of "net neutrality," which concerns whether and how the federal government should regulate the Internet -- pits cable and phone industry giants against tech heavies such as Google, which is based in Pelosi's home turf of the Bay Area, as well as an array of consumer groups.

That the debate has turned partisan is angering cable and phone-friendly Democrats, who accuse Pelosi of trying to impose her personal views on the party.

"She's taking this bill personally. It's a constituent issue for her, and she's generalized it into a Caucus issue," said a senior aide to a Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Some Democrats think it's a "constituent issue"? Of course it is. But not just for Pelosi. It's a "constituency issue" for every single congresscritter who has people in his or her district who use the internet.

Call your local congresscritter -- Democratic or Republican -- and make sure they know that this is a constituent issue for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM....

[derby378]

1. Yay, Nancy!!

I was getting rather worried about her for a while...

[redqueen]

2. Thanks for the heads up.

:hi:

888-355-3588

:kick:

[BurtWorm]

3. You're welcome.

:hi:

[redqueen]

4. Great topic, btw.

:kick:

:7

[BurtWorm]

6. Not easy keeping people interested in it, either.

:hi:

[redqueen]

8. There's just so much going on...

but we do what we can, right?

:patriot:

[populistdriven]

5. Yay!!!

B-) :dem: :kick:

[lostnfound]

7. Wow, that is awesome.

I'm actually impressed.