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March 25, 2019 02:45 pm PDT

Key net neutrality vote Tuesday: The whole Internet is watching

Tuesday morning at 10am ET the House Communications and Technology subcommittee will meet and vote on the Save the Internet Act the best bill we have to restore net neutrality. As soon as the hearing begins youll be able to watch the livestream here:

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Unfortunately telecom lobbyists are working overtime to convince committee lawmakers to add dangerous amendments that could completely gut the bill and leave gaping loopholes for Internet providers to block, throttle, and charge users new fees for access.

To pass a clean bill with no bad amendments we need everyone to call their members of Congress and make sure they know the whole Internet is watching.

If we get the bill out of committee without any bad amendments, then we have a solid shot of winning the next big vote on the House floor in the week of April 8. But if the bill gets gutted, were back to square one.

Call your lawmakers ASAP and demand they vote for a clean bill to restore net neutrality. Read the rest


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