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Net Neutrality Bill Sails Through the House But Faces an Uncertain Political Future (washingtonpost.com)
House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Democrat-backed bill (alternative source) that would restore rules requiring AT&T, Verizon and other Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, marking an early step toward reversing one of the most significant deregulatory moves of the Trump era. From a report: But the net neutrality measure is likely to stall from here, given strong Republican opposition in the GOP-controlled Senate and the White House, where aides to President Trump this week recommended that he veto the legislation if it ever reaches his desk. The House's proposal, which passed by a vote of 232-190, would reinstate federal regulations that had banned AT&T, Verizon and other broadband providers from blocking or slowing down customers' access to websites. Adopted in 2015 during the Obama administration, these net neutrality protections had the backing of tech giants and startups as well as consumer advocacy groups, which together argued that strong federal open Internet protections were necessary to preserve competition and allow consumers unfettered access to movies, music and other content of their choice.
Meanwhile, Democrats are make themselves rich while claiming to take care of you, while dividing everyone into smaller and smaller aggrieved groups. I have no idea how anyone votes Democrat unless they're leftist racist idiots.
Aah, change is good. -- Rafiki
Yeah, but it ain't easy. -- Simba
You guys feed too much into the 'brown skin' shit. Seriously its old. Not many people give a fuck about skin color. And the few that do on both sides is just noise. Please stop with that nonsense, we could make far more progress all around. Calling everyone with different opinions a racist helps nobody. Look at jussie smollett and the trash hes caused.