Senate votes to protect net neutrality

All 47 Democrats voted to keep the rules in place. But two other Republicans - Sen. John McCain was not in Washington, D.C.to vote due to his ongoing cancer treatment in Arizona. However, a similar vote looks unlikely in the Republican-dominated U.S. House.

"Today is a monumental day", said Sen. "At BestVPN.com, we stand side by side with companies and citizens around the world in opposition to the FCC's decision".

Congress should kill the FCC rule. Fortunately, it looks like we are finally seeing some political pushback on this, as the US Senate voted to repeal the FCC's ruling last night. Critics, including the Trump administration, said over-regulation was stifling innovation. Poll numbers can move, and other issues may leave net neutrality a dim memory, so there's no certainty it will play a role in how the House votes. "People underestimate the passion of Internet voters, at their peril".

In a return to form following weeks of lagging ratings, government reality show The FCC returned to a familiar topic last night - net neutrality - and reaped the benefits.

But, for now, net neutrality lives.

In Pennsylvania and Nebraska, which held their primary elections on Tuesday, it ranked second in political searches behind health care.

"Which side are you on?" said Sen.

Back by powerful corporate interests and the telecom lobby, FCC Chairman Aijit Pai has expressed confidence that the Democrats will not succeed. That means internet service providers would not have the opportunity, for example, to establish bundles of service in which customers pay more for some streaming services - Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, etc - in order for access to those websites without being slowed down.

Democrats enjoyed a rare victory on the Senate floor today. The potential full support of all Democrats would still see the need for 22 Republicans to agree in order for this to happen, which many United States analysts view as a tall order.

Senate Democrats, led by Ed Markey of MA, used the Congressional Review Act-an oversight tool that permits Congress to repeal rulings made by agencies such as the FCC-to force Wednesday's vote.

Net Neutrality protesters in Philadelphia. That being said, if they want to enshrine current net neutrality rules into a statute, I'm fine with that. They can't influence loading speed or block access to websites or apps. However, Republicans have voted en masse to have these regulations repealed, alongside Trump's vociferous dismissal of the Obama-era development. Republican Senator John McCain was absent because of illness.

STEVEN KULL: People are on the Internet a lot. Here's Hawaii Democratic Senator Brian Schatz.

DAVIS: Republicans like Congressman Scott Taylor of Virginia think Democrats are wrong on the policy of net neutrality.

But most Republicans opposed the effort, saying the regulations were potentially too onerous and that Democrats were trying to use the issue for partisan gains in November.

Even if the CRA measure fails, hope is not quite lost for net neutrality. "In pushing on this, San Antonio is a pacesetter for the rest of the country". And voters may know soon enough. Net Neutrality was led by the Obama administration that ensured equal and fair treatment for web content.