The Senate defeated a Republican bid to overturn Net neutrality rules on Thursday, thus paving the way for the regulations to take effect on Nov. 20. In a 52-to-46 vote along party lines, senators rejected S.J. Res. 6, the resolution proposed earlier this year by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison under the Congressional Review Act. Hutchison and other Republicans had argued that the new rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission last December would overextend federal regulatory authority and stifle innovation.
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Bid to Block Net Neutrality Dies in Senate
Posted by: Katherine Noyes November 10, 2011 03:06 PMThe Senate defeated a Republican bid to overturn Net neutrality rules on Thursday, thus paving the way for the regulations to take effect on Nov. 20. In a 52-to-46 vote along party lines, senators rejected S.J. Res. 6, the resolution proposed earlier this year by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison under the Congressional Review Act. Hutchison and other Republicans had argued that the new rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission last December would overextend federal regulatory authority and stifle innovation.