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Pubs Divided On Net Neutrality
[NATIONALJOURNAL] As Internet activists celebrated their net-neutrality win Thursday, Republicans were already plotting their Dire Revenge.GOP politicians were virtually unanimous in expressing their outrage about the Federal Communications Commission's vote to reclassify the Internet as a utility. But there is widening disagreement within the ranks about just what flavor of Dire Revenge the party should ultimately pursue, such as compromise legislation, a congressional resolution of disapproval, or a fight over FCC funding. "There's going to be a lot of Republicans in both the House and Senate who are going to want to express their opposition to what the FCC is doing," Sen. John Thune, who chairs the upper chamber's Commerce Committee, told National Journal moments before the FCC vote took place. "If we can't come together behind a legislative solution, I suspect that those other options are on the table." Thune, the Senate's No. 3 Republican, has been at the forefront of his party's efforts to pursue legislation that would essentially enforce the meat of the FCC's net-neutrality protections without designating the Internet as a "telecommunications service." Though Thune has had some success earning the interest of a handful of moderate Democrats, such as Sens. Bill Nelson and Claire McCaskill ... Now, why would I pay taxes on my airplane? Send the bill to the taxpayers!... , most Democrats have shown little interest in the proposal. Posted by: Fred 2015-02-27 |
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