Senate Will Vote Wednesday To Try And Save Net Neutrality
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180514/10205539833/senate-will-vote-wednesday-to-try-save-net-neutrality.shtml
While U.S. net neutrality protections technically end on June 11, efforts to restore the rules continue. On Wednesday the Senate is now formally scheduled to hold a vote to try and use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse the FCC repeal. The CRA can reverse a regulatory action with a majority vote in the House and Senate; it's what the GOP and Trump administration used to kill popular broadband privacy rules before they could take effect last year.
In a Statement, Senator Ed Markey called the May 16 vote the "most important vote for the internet in the history of the Senate":
Senate Will Vote Wednesday To Try And Save Net Neutrality
May 15, 2018, 2:14pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180514/10205539833/senate-will-vote-wednesday-to-try-save-net-neutrality.shtml
>While U.S. net neutrality protections technically end on June 11, efforts to restore the rules continue. On Wednesday the Senate is now formally scheduled to hold a vote to try and use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse the FCC repeal. The CRA can reverse a regulatory action with a majority vote in the House and Senate; it's what the GOP and Trump administration used to kill popular broadband privacy rules before they could take effect last year.
>In a Statement, Senator Ed Markey called the May 16 vote the "most important vote for the internet in the history of the Senate":