[ NNSquad ] Democrats unveil legislation forcing the FCC to ban Internet fast lanes

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Democrats unveil legislation forcing the FCC to ban Internet fast lanes

(WashPost): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/06/17/this-new-bill-would-force-the-fcc-to-ban-internet-fast-lanes/

     The Democratic bill is another sign that net neutrality is dividing
     lawmakers along partisan lines. In May, Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio)
     introduced a bill that would prevent the FCC from reclassifying
     broadband. A Democratic aide conceded Monday that the Leahy-Matsui
     bill is unlikely to attract Republican cosponsors.

     The fact that Republicans control the House make it unlikely that the
     Leahy-Matsui bill will advance very far. Still, the politics of net
     neutrality are obscuring the underlying economics at stake, according
     to the aide, who asked not to be named because he wasn't authorized to
     speak publicly.

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