House will vote to revive 'net neutrality' rule
by Susan Ferrechio
| April 09, 2019 12:01 AM
The House this week will attempt to revive an Obama-era policy that would give the government the authority to regulate the internet like telephone companies.
The measure is almost certain to be blocked by Republicans in the Senate. But House passage is likely aimed at reaching the Democratic base which strongly supports net neutrality.
Democrats have made restoring the net neutrality rule a priority since President Trump’s appointees on the Federal Communications Commission overturned it in late 2017.
Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., introduced the Save the Internet Act, a measure Democrats believe is needed to prevent internet companies from unequal and unfair service to consumers and new companies.
The measure would reinstate the Feb. 26, 2015, vote by the FCC that reclassified the internet as a public utility.
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