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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the Save the Internet Act, which is the Democrats' proposal to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections that were repealed in 2017.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.
That's really not a concern any more. No one is buying the Republicans' spin any more -- their support of Trump's extremism and criminality has inured all but their own most stalwart supporters against their spin and misrepresentation of facts, for which they've become very widely known to everyone except themselves.
What in the hell are you talking about? After two years of wasted effort and who knows how much spent, the Mueller Report came out and... completely exonerated Trump and the entire Trump administration. There was no collusion. No criminal conspiracy. Nothing.
I don't think you quite grasp how big a black eye on Democrats that is for those of us who remain in the center and are not suffering from TDS.
His attempt to spin the Green New Deal by bringing it to a vote before the bill had had any markup, modifications, or input failed exactly for those reasons. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed us exactly how to counter such spin very effectively.
What the hell are you talking about? The "Green New Deal" is a disaster and would destroy our economy and way of life. At best it's a socialist utopian pipe dream, but as Venezuela is currently in the process of demonstrating, those do not last long when they encounter reality. The majority of Americans already rejected the "Green New Deal" and the fact that literally not a single Democrat voted for it is proof enough that they're fully aware it's unworkable.
You seriously need to rejoin reality if you don't want 2020 to be another repeat of 2016. The Democrats are not winning back the independents they sent to Trump in 2016. If anything, they're sending them a strong message: stay away from us. We've lost our minds.
I may not be a particular fan of Trump's style, but if the "Green New Deal" is what Democrats are promising? I'll take another four years of President Trump, thank you very much.
The Internet by and large has become a leftist echo chamber. Trump supporters really couldn't care less that it goes up in flames.
They'll sit back with lots popcorn and watch it burn.