A measure from congressional Democrats to restore Obama-era net neutrality rules is most likely dead on arrival. But the party’s top brass is throwing its weight behind the effort anyway — signaling it’s an issue the party’s betting might resonate with 2020 voters.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and about 40 other Senate Democrats are lining up behind a bill to reverse a decision by President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission and reinstate 2015 rules to make the Internet a public utility and prevent cable and Internet companies from blocking sites they don’t like or speeding up a web site’s traffic in exchange for money.

Though the bill has a strong chance of passing a Democratic-controlled House, it’s not a priority in a Republican-led Senate. It’s even less likely that Trump would sign a law reversing his administration’s decision.

Gigi Sohn, a top FCC adviser during the Obama administration, acknowledged the path to make the bill law would be difficult while Trump sits in the Oval Office. 

“This about setting up for the future,” Sohn told me. “They’re making it an election issue, as it should be.”

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