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Mitch McConnell: Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill is 'Dead on Arrival' in Senate (cnet.com)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday that the net neutrality bill Democrats are pushing through the House is "dead on arrival" in the Senate. From a report: The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote later today on the Save the Internet Act, which is the Democrats' proposal to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections that were repealed in 2017. It's expected to pass the Democrat-controlled House. McConnell was asked by reporters about whether the Senate would consider the bill once it passes. He indicated it would not, according to several tweets from reporters. McConnell's office confirmed the comment.
The Save the Internet Act restores rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015. These rules would ban internet service providers from blocking or throttling access to the internet. And they would prevent ISPs from charging companies extra to deliver their online faster to consumers. The Democrats' bill restores these rules and also restores the FCC's authority to regulate and oversee broadband networks.
The Save the Internet Act restores rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015. These rules would ban internet service providers from blocking or throttling access to the internet. And they would prevent ISPs from charging companies extra to deliver their online faster to consumers. The Democrats' bill restores these rules and also restores the FCC's authority to regulate and oversee broadband networks.
Name one piece of workable legislation that the Senate has proposed or passed in the new Congressional term.
I'll save you the trouble. They graciously decided to back-pay furloughed government workers at the end of the shutdown, and they've done f-all else in 3 months.
It will be made public AFTER parts of it are redacted. That's the law, whether you like it or not. Details of grand jury procedures cannot be made public no matter how much you want them to be.
The Senate and the House may get to see the full unredacted report, but there's no law saying that they be granted that access. One reason is that some Congressmen just can't keep from blabbing stuff to the press that should never be made public.
Which part of the law requires the unredacted report to be sent to congress?
Outside of the summation Barr already sent I don't believe the special council guidelines actually require any part of the report actually be released to congress. Congress is free to ask to see it but I don't believe there is any legal requirement for the Executive branch to share their report and don't forget Mueller's office is wholly contained within the Executive branch of the federal government. Congress already had their investigations which all came up to the same conclusion; no collusion.
In fact several laws already dictate that the unredacted report CANNOT be released to Congress. Grand Jury testimony and elements pertaining to classified materials have to be redacted though certain congress people on specific committees can potentially get authorization to see the classified bits.
Information relating to other ongoing investigations or information relating to unindicted third parties is being redacted on a selected basis by both Mueller and Barr, which is pretty standard procedure. This may also be potentially revealed to select congress people at a later date.
That all being said, Barr has already stated that after he and Mueller are done redacting the above sensitive materials the report will be released to Congress; probably within the next week.
Of course that's just my opinion...... you could be wrong!