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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1751997" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/blog/2015/07/22/now-senates-trying-torpedo-net-neutrality" target="_blank"><strong>Now the Senate's Trying to Torpedo Net Neutrality - Free Press</strong></a></p><p></p><p>No member of Congress should be allowed to dismantle good public policy by sneaking language into funding bills. But that’s exactly what’s been happening in the latest attack on Net Neutrality.</p><p></p><p>This “legislation by appropriation” tactic is a convenient way for the cable and phone lobbies to accomplish their agenda on Capitol Hill. In contrast to the FCC, whose policymakers don’t rely on campaign contributions to keep their jobs, Congress is a place where industry's used to getting things done.</p><p></p><p>In June, three riders that would unravel the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules were introduced into a House appropriations bill — a bill that needs to pass to keep the government operating. The riders include provisions that would put the rules on hold until all lawsuits challenging these protections have been resolved. There’s also broad language that would prevent the agency from protecting consumers from fraudulent billing practices or investigating “zero rating” schemes that prioritize certain applications over others by not counting those applications against data caps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1751997, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.freepress.net/blog/2015/07/22/now-senates-trying-torpedo-net-neutrality'][B]Now the Senate's Trying to Torpedo Net Neutrality - Free Press[/B][/URL] No member of Congress should be allowed to dismantle good public policy by sneaking language into funding bills. But that’s exactly what’s been happening in the latest attack on Net Neutrality. This “legislation by appropriation” tactic is a convenient way for the cable and phone lobbies to accomplish their agenda on Capitol Hill. In contrast to the FCC, whose policymakers don’t rely on campaign contributions to keep their jobs, Congress is a place where industry's used to getting things done. In June, three riders that would unravel the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules were introduced into a House appropriations bill — a bill that needs to pass to keep the government operating. The riders include provisions that would put the rules on hold until all lawsuits challenging these protections have been resolved. There’s also broad language that would prevent the agency from protecting consumers from fraudulent billing practices or investigating “zero rating” schemes that prioritize certain applications over others by not counting those applications against data caps. [/QUOTE]
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