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Republicans Create Rider To Stop Net Neutrality

Posted by Soulskill on from the congress-shall-make-no-law-respecting-the-tubes dept.

99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) submitted a rider yesterday to a bill on military and veterans' construction projects. The rider would, 'prohibit the FCC from using any appropriated funds to adopt, implement or otherwise litigate any network neutrality based rules, protocols or standards.' It is co-signed by six other Republican senators. We all knew this was coming after the last election removed most of the vocal supporters of net neutrality and supplanted them with pro-corporate Republicans."

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  1. Re:You thought the GOP/TP represented regular peop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The baggers. Nobody else is that stupid.

  2. Re:You thought the GOP/TP represented regular peop by whitehaint · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You make it seem like the Democrats have something better, I mean yeah I guess it does suck to agree with people who have money and know how to keep it when you can side with a group of people who cry foul when things don't go there way, and of course that same group likes to tax the snot out of you to pay for "social equality" or some other hippy crap. You are the one slitting your own throat and being brainwashed.