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Senate Clears First Hurdle on Restoring Net Neutrality

Senate Clears First Hurdle on Restoring Net Neutrality

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Published May 16, 2018

Published May 16, 2018

Despite months of dire news, the fight over net neutrality isn’t over yet.

This afternoon, the Senate passed a vote to restore net neutrality, following the FCC’s much-derided decision to repeal the order in December.

Senate Democrats, along with three Republicans (Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), Sen. John Kennedy (Louisianna) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), scored a 52-47 vote, clearing the first step toward nullifying the FCC’s ruling to rollback Net Neutrality, using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which allows the Senate to reverse any decision made by government agencies. The CRA only requires 30 signatures to force a vote, which led to the one held today.

However, the victory may be fleeting for proponents of the open internet, as many worry that the House of Representatives, the next legislative body in line to vote on the proposal, is less inclined to vote against the FCC. While the measure may fail, some believe that Democrats have used the vote to keep the issue in the front of voters’ minds as the nation heads into a contentious midterm election.

As for the House, things look less optimistic. Unlike the Senate, where Democrats only needed the votes of three Republican colleagues to reach a 52-vote majority, in the house they’ll need as many as 22 Republicans, assuming every Democrat votes in favor of the reversal. Once through there, the vote heads to the desk of President Trump, who might not to be too keen on reversing the flagship decision of one his appointees, FCC Chairman and living forced meme Ajit Pai.

Still, even as things going forward seem less sunny, people are happy to good news anywhere they take it.





In December 2017, the FCC, led by efforts from chairman Ajit Pai, voted 3-2 to roll back Obama-era regulations reclassified the Internet as a Title II utility. Those regulations prohibited Internet Service Providers from favoring specific websites and apps. Congressional Democrats and some Republicans have argued that the rollback could lead to ISPs playing favorites with online content and throttling said content.

If it is not reversed, net neutrality will end on June 11th.


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