Net Neutrality opponents no doubt were happy to learn this week that the Senate may be nearing a vote on a resolution to enable Congress to review Net Neutrality guidelines adopted by the FCC nearly a year ago (CP: FCC adopts Net Neutrality guidelines in opposition to service providers).
Quoted in The Daily Caller, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said:
“We are hoping that next week we will be able to get the Resolution of Disapproval on the floor. We have over 40 signatures to have the expedited Congressional authority to take this resolution up, and the House has already passed it. It now rests in the Senate.”
If successful, the Congressional efforts would be the second formal challenge to Net Neutrality rules. A federal court already has been appointed to hear a Net Neutrality challenge from Verizon. (CP: Verizon-favored court to hear Net Neutrality challenge) But the court is not likely to take action before the Net Neutrality guidelines go into effect on November 20.
It’s not clear whether Congress would be able to obtain a reversal in such a tight time frame, either. But as opposition to the guidelines gains traction, those carriers that also oppose the guidelines may be increasingly disinclined to take them seriously.
The Republicans blocked Obama’s 60 billion infrastructure plan. So now the Democrats must block the reversal of Net Neutrality rules.