Bid to Block Net Neutrality Dies in Senate

Started by InfoGuru, Nov 12, 2011, 06:02 AM

InfoGuru

 The Senate defeated a Republican bid to overturn Net neutrality rules on Thursday, thus paving the way for the regulations to take effect on Nov. 20. In a 52-to-46 vote along party lines, senators rejected S.J. Res. 6, the resolution proposed earlier this year by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison under the Congressional Review Act. Hutchison and other Republicans had argued that the new rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission last December would overextend federal regulatory authority and stifle innovation.

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