House Rejects Net Neutrality Again – by a Slimmer Margin

April 27, 2006 at 9:39 pm - by Dale Dietrich

Categories: Legal Reform • Net Neutrality

In another mostly partisan 24-22 vote, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce rejected another Democratic bid yesterday to include strong network neutrality protections in a telecommunications reform bill that is slated for a vote in the House in May. Net neutrality lobbyists seem to be gaining ground somewhat as the earlier vote against net neutrality on April 6 was much more lopsided at 23-8.

Sources: PC World | PC Magazine | L.A. Times | Boston Herald | ZDNet | Red Herring | San Francisco Chronicle | CIO Today | Information Week | MSNBC/FT.com | CNet News | Ms Magazine | Inquirer | The Register

Dale’s Comment: As I mentioned in my comments to the prior April 6 coverage, there is a strong possibility that one or both houses of Congress will return to Democratic control (or at least become more balanced) after the fall 2006 elections. As the Democrats pledge to fight on, hopefully, they’ll have another kick at the net neutrality issue then.