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Congressional Anti-Internet Freedom Bills

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Many congressional members support them. On February 6, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R. TX) introduced "SJ Res. 6: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices."

The bill was referred to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. No further action so far was taken.

Forty Republican senators co-sponsored it, including Lamar Alexander (R. TN, Susan Collins (R. ME), Lindsey Graham (R. SC), Charles Grassley (R. IA), Orrin Hatch (R. UT), John McCain (R. AZ), Mitch McConnell (R. KY), Rand Paul (R. KY), Richard Shelby (R. AL), and Olympia Snowe (R. ME), and 30 others.

All get generous industry handouts (read bribes) to support legislation harming their constituents.

Writing for freepress.net, Tim Karr headlined "High Noon for Internet Freedom," saying:

This "arcane 'resolution of disapproval' now wend(s) its way through the Senate." If passed, it'll void a recent FCC rule, "seek(ing) to preserve long-held Internet standards that protect users against blocking and censorship."

Many in Washington want these and other protections ended, including AT&T, other telecom and cable giants, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and ExxonMobil, among many others.

With 81 co-sponsors, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R. TN) introduced a similar House measure on January 5, 2011: 

"HR 96: Internet Freedom Act: To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet."

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