Let's see how this plays out come November. Another example of "too greedy for
their own good"?
In this country, if you're an elected official with have half a brain, you
should know not to oppose the will of the very vast majority.
Bert
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https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-name-of-every-senator-who-voted-against-net-n-1826085987
Here's the Name of Every Senator Who Voted Against Net Neutrality—and When to
Vote Them Out
Rhett Jones
5/16/18 6:00pm
A surprising thing happened on Wednesday: The Senate did something good.
Not only did it pass a resolution to save net neutrality but more Republicans
than expected actually voted in favor of the resolution. But there were still a
lot of senators who disagree with the overwhelming majority of their
constituents, and I guess they don’t care.
If you remember any name from the vote today, remember Senator John Thune from
South Dakota. Thune really didn’t want to reverse the FCC’s repeal of the 2015
Open Internet Order. While many senators aren’t all that concerned about
whether web traffic is treated equally—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
expressed his opposition to net neutrality on the floor today, for example, but
he mostly talked about the unrelated topic of regulatory burdens on craft
distilleries.—Thune was a man on a mission.
The senator spoke at length on the topic at hand, and he came armed with a new
version of his fake net neutrality bill. He got up early and wrote an op-ed for
CNBC. He pleaded with his colleagues to consider his “bipartisan” legislation
instead of reinstating the rules that worked just fine. The bill that was
likely written by the same telecom lobbyists that pay Thune a lot of money, and
it was so incredibly bipartisan that no Democrat sided with him today.
Not all Republicans did the wrong thing today, though. Senators Lisa Murkowski,
Susan Collins, and John Kennedy all decided to agree with the 86 percent of
Americans who recently told pollsters they like net neutrality the way it is.
Below you’ll find all the Senators who didn’t really care what the voters
think, along with their re-election dates. You could still drop them a line and
change their minds. The House also still has to vote, and it would be great if
they heard from their Senate counterparts that people really care about this
issue. And if that doesn’t work, bookmark this page for review before you head
to the ballot box over the next few elections.
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