Doyle Says Democrats Aim for Net Neutrality Bill Concurring With Failed CRA Measure
Likely incoming House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle, Pa., confirmed he and other Democrats are considering “introducing a net neutrality bill” in the chamber that essentially picks up where they left off at the end of the last Congress in…
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their bid to restore FCC 2015 rules, during a Pittsburgh Current podcast released Thursday. One option Democrats are considering is to file a bill that would put back in place the 2015 order via statute instead of reversing the FCC's action (see 1901100001). Democrats want their net neutrality bill to approach the issue “in such a way that it sort of concurs” with the failed Congressional Review Act to undo FCC rescission “so that we have a chance to get this through in the Senate,” Doyle said. The Senate cleared the CRA resolution last year 52-47 with the support of three Republicans (see 1805160064). A discharge petition aimed at forcing a House vote on the measure got 182 of the 218 lawmakers' signatures needed to take effect (see 1901020046).