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Bill To Save Net Neutrality Is 46 Votes Short In US House (arstechnica.com)
Congressional Democrats seeking to reinstate net neutrality rules are still 46 votes short of getting the measure through the House of Representatives. Ars Technica reports: The U.S. Senate voted last month to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules, with all members of the Democratic caucus and three Republicans voting in favor of net neutrality. A discharge petition needs 218 signatures to force a House vote on the same net neutrality bill, and 218 votes would also be enough to pass the measure. So far, the petition has signatures from 172 representatives, all Democrats. That number hasn't changed in two weeks. The outlook looks grim as Republicans have a 235-193 majority in the House. If you're curious to see which representatives haven't signed the petition, you can view this page maintained by net neutrality group Fight for the Future.
Defend it or loose it. That's the game.
When the vote for Net Neutrality comes get ready for the sock puppet silly flying monkey circus. The game will play out like this:
1. Create a compelling distraction a week or two before the NN vote
2. Ensure it is big news
3. make the news even bigger
4. sell the drama
5. make the disaster or kim kardashian's ass an imminent national security threat
6. whip the electorate into a frenzy, a snowstorm of outraged snowflakes looking to feel powerless, morally superior and useless
7. When everyone looks at the shiny ass, quietly defeat NN
8. Examine Kim's ass more closely
9. Politician on both sides high five each other at fucking over the electorate....again
Unless this issue is focused on until the vote your NN is fucked.
While there is some merit in that recap of the last two weeks, the word on the street is that it was done by democrats as a distraction from Trump's successes.
Trump had a particularly good week, with three popular successes: really good economic news, North Korea (Trump/Kim summit, June 12), and Trump metaphorically "gave the finger" to the G7 folks by withdrawing the US endorsement of their statement.
The analysis conjectures that the Democrats ginned up the populace with all the "children ripped from parents" rhetoric as a way to distract everyone from Trump's success. Then the restaurant thing happened, and Maxine Waters encouraged Democrats everywhere to harass government employees, DHS advised government employees to start carrying handguns... and thankfully that rhetoric has started to cool off.
I'm not saying that your description didn't happen, I just don't think NN is a big enough issue to have caused it.
Also, note that this was a vote to reinstate the NN that we already had, and not new legislation in the form of a compromise that everyone could agree on, protecting the needs of society while allowing providers to run their business and innovate.
Oh no, it could never have been *that*. Whatever was I thinking?
If you count those as successes, you're profoundly retarded and there's nothing that can be done for you anymore. You're too detached from reality. Sorry!
Yes, I count Trump meeting with Kim Jong-un a success, as does most non-retarded people.
(The excellent economic results didn't hurt, either - something else non-retarded people can appreciate.)
But I wasn't being sarcastic...
The FCC under Obama imposed the rules without legal justification. The FCC under Trump removed them.
If the rule is important, THERE SHOULD BE LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR IT.
Don't work to pass a "put it back" resolution.
WORK TO MAKE A LAW TO JUSTIFY IT.