Today, by a bipartisan 52-47 vote, the Senate passed a Joint Resolution of Disapproval of the FCC’s December 14 net neutrality repeal order. If passed by the House and signed by the President, the Joint Resolution would repeal the December 14 order and reinstate the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order and net neutrality rules. More on the process for restoring the 2015 net neutrality rules can be found here.
This statement should be attributed to Gigi Sohn:
Thanks to a bipartisan vote in the Senate, the American people are one step closer to having their free and open Internet restored. The 2015 net neutrality rules are extraordinarily popular, with recent polls showing that well over 80 percent of Americans support them. Now it’s up to the House of Representatives, and the American people will surely put the pressure on their Members to support the Joint Resolution of Disapproval.
Don’t listen to the naysayers – momentum is on the side of those who favor restoring net neutrality now. We’ve seen the impossible become possible in past technology policy battles like the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the successful effort to restore Title II of the Communications Act. Cable ISPs privately admit that they are concerned. With Americans united and the 2018 midterm election less than 6 months away, the Joint Resolution has a real chance of passing.
Gigi Sohn is a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and a Mozilla Fellow. She was Counselor to former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler from November 2013-December 2016. Gigi can be reached for comment at the above email address or at 202-253-0876. More on Gigi can be found at gigisohn.com.