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June 17, 2014 11:53 pm GMT
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Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill Another Exercise in Congressional Futility
Alternate headline: powerless bill doomed to fail.
Two Democratic members of Congress — Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Rep. Doris Matsui of California — will propose legislation that will push the Federal Communications Commission to do whatever it can to ensure net neutrality, according to The Washington Post.
The proposal comes amid the growing realization that the laws Congress has enacted may be too narrow to provide for net neutrality, forcing the FCC to plod forward in hopes that it can write regulation that keeps the Internet a level playing field while staying within the legal bounds it has already twice exceeded. Read more...
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