Congress

Net Neutrality Is Coming Back, No Matter What Happens Next With The Senate Resolution

May 19, 2018 Troy Wolverton, Businessinsider.com Resist! Congress, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

The resolution the Senate passed Wednesday that would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality rules may ultimately go nowhere. But this issue isn't going away. And one day, most likely in the not-too-distant future, net-neutrality protections will be the law of the land again — this time for good. Support for the open-internet rules has only grown over time, both among the public and in the Beltway. And the more people know about the rules and what purpose they serve, the more they like and back them, no matter which side of the political aisle they're on. "People from across the political spectrum, from the far left to the far right, can all agree: They don't want their cable company to control where they get their news and information, how they listen to music, or where they can stream videos," said Evan Greer, the deputy director of Fight for the Future, an internet activist group that pushed hard for the Senate resolution.

Docs Show Ajit Pai Met With AT&T Execs Right After Corp Started Paying Michael Cohen. Now Congress Needs To Overturn The FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal And Investigate.

May 16, 2018 Fight for the Future, Medium.com Resist! Congress, Corruption, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

This past week, AT&T apologized for its “serious misjudgment” in hiring U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen to provide “insights” into how the new administration would handle issues like net neutrality and AT&T’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable. Although Pai denied hearing from Cohen, new scheduling documents obtained through FOIA by corruption watchdog American Oversight show the Chairman met with top AT&T executives at a private dinner in Barcelona a month after the company began paying Cohen. One of the top AT&T representatives present at this meeting was noted net neutrality enemy Bob Quinn, who hired Cohen and has since stepped down over the controversy.

The Time To Get The Net Neutrality Rules Back Is Now

May 16, 2018 Gigi Sohn, Medium.com Create! Congress, FCC, Net Neutrality

Last December 14th, the Trump FCC repealed the 2015 network neutrality rules prohibiting broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from favoring or discriminating against Internet traffic. In doing so, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressly abdicated its role protecting consumers and competition in the broadband market, leaving powerful companies like AT&T and Comcast with little government oversight. The repeal of the rules and the FCC’s oversight will become effective on June 11. The blowback against this decision has been fierce and has taken place in three realms — the courts, the states and Congress.

Congress Weighs Indefinite Detention Of Americans

May 15, 2018 Marjorie Cohn, Consortiumnews.com Educate! Congress, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Repression, Wars and Militarism

Under the guise of exercising supervisory power over the president’s ability to use military force, Congress is considering writing Donald Trump a blank check to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens with no criminal charges. Alarmingly, this legislation could permit the president to lock up Americans who dissent against U.S. military policy. The bill that risks conveying this power to the president is the broad new Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), S.J.Res.59, that is pending in Congress. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Corker (R-TN) and Democratic committee member Tim Kaine (VA) introduced the bipartisan bill on April 16, and it has four additional co-sponsors.

The Battle For Net Neutrality Continues

May 14, 2018 Ilana Novick, Truthdig.com Resist! Congress, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

“Net neutrality” laws are set to expire June 11, the Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday, and now a number of senators, mainly Democrats, are staging a last-ditch effort to save them. The Obama-era rules, enacted in 2015, aimed to create a free and open internet by preventing telecommunications companies from charging more for faster internet service, or otherwise privileging their own material or that of their advertisers online. If the rules are allowed to expire, companies will have “broad new power over how consumers can access the internet,” Reuters notes. In repealing the rules, the government is favoring the interests of giant telecoms over those of American consumers, effectively limiting the information they can consume based on their ability to pay for it.

Congress Would Save Net Neutrality If They Represented The People

May 11, 2018 Dell Cameron, Gizmodo.com Educate! Congress, Electoral Politics, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Democrats on Wednesday officially filed a petition to force a vote in the Senate to save net neutrality. With a single Republican supporting the effort, only one vote is needed to advance a resolution that may one day soon reinstate the net neutrality rules overturned by the FCC last year. “The American people know that the internet is for everyone and was invented with the guiding principle of nondiscrimination,” Sen. Edward Markey, who led the effort, said at a press conference on Wednesday. Sources with knowledge of the resolution’s progress in the Senate say a vote is likely to take place next week, though negotiations with leadership are ongoing. The resolution was officially discharged from committee after Markey’s petition gathered 49 signatures, only 30 of which were needed.

DCCC Takes Money From Insurance Lobbyist As They Oppose Single Payer

May 10, 2018 By Alex Kotch, Tytnetwork.com Educate! Congress, Electoral Politics, health insurance industry, Lobbying, Single payer health care

In April 2017, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) wanted to find out the best way for its candidates to address the topic of health care, so it hired two research firms to conduct internal polling focused on 52 battleground districts expected to be close races in 2018. Stan Greenberg, a pollster and founding partner with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR), presented his findings at the offices of the Democratic National Committee and suggested that Democratic candidates should focus on the flaws of Republican plans and offer “Proactive Solutions (only if asked),” as The Intercept reported. While “single-payer” never made it into the proposed talking points compiled in its memo, GQR listed numerous “likely Republican lines of attack” against Democratic House candidates over Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill...

Everything You Need To Know About The Net Neutrality Resolution Coming To Congress Next Week

May 4, 2018 By Russell Brandom, Theverge.com Resist! Congress, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

It’s been six months since FCC chairman Ajit Pai officially began the rollback of the Title II net neutrality order — and progress has been slow. The new rules finally entered the federal register in February, and they’re already facing a number of legal challenges. While some net neutrality advocates dig in for a prolonged court battle, there’s a separate front opening up in Congress that could prove far more effective. On May 9th, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) will introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to roll back Pai’s order completely. It’s a long shot, but if it works, it would be faster and more effective than any court ruling, completely restoring Wheeler’s 2015 order. The plan relies on some unusually arcane congressional procedure, so we’re running down all the biggest questions around Markey’s plan and laying out exactly what it would take for Congress to reinstate net neutrality.

How Net Neutrality Activists Are Going Face-To-Face With Members Of Congress

May 4, 2018 Andrew Wyrich, Dailydot.com Resist! Activists, Congress, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Net neutrality activists hand-delivered an open letter from small business owners to members of Congress across the country on Wednesday, urging them to support an effort to undo the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) decision to rescind the 2015 Open Internet Order. The letter, which was signed by nearly 6,000 small businesses, was designed to be delivered in the middle of Small Business Week and tells lawmakers they will “accept nothing less than the protections embodied” in the Open Internet Order, which ensured all internet traffic be treated equally. Without the rules, advocates say, internet service providers could “speed up” or “slow down” internet traffic. The letter also asks lawmakers to support an ongoing effort to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the FCC’s decision. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) announced earlier this week that the first step in the CRA process—a discharge petition—will be filed next week, forcing a full Senate vote.

Thousands Of Small Businesses Call On Congress To Pass CRA Resolution To Restore Net Neutrality

May 2, 2018 Staff, Fightforthefuture.org Resist! Congress, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality, Small Business

It’s national Small Business Week, and nearly 6,000 small businesses, ranging from construction companies to tech startups are planning to deliver an open letter to Congress tomorrow Wednesday, May 2nd calling on lawmakers to support the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to block the FCC’s repeal. Small business owners will host delivery events at congressional offices across the country, where they will deliver the letter and host a short press conference about the impact of losing net neutrality on small businesses.

Pressure On For Net Neutrality Campaign

April 25, 2018 Staff, Blog.github.com Resist! Congress, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Meanwhile, the quest to find one more vote to move the process forward in the Senate continues. Write Congress to aid in the search. On May 2, small businesses will deliver a letter to Congress, urging disapproval of the FCC order. The first week of May is Small Business Week, and Congresspeople take business owners from their districts very seriously. If you represent a small business in the U.S., sign the letter. Meanwhile, at least 33 U.S. states and many cities have enacted or have pending actions to protect net neutrality. California is considering passing S.B. 822, the strongest and most comprehensive set of net neutrality protections in the country. GitHub joined almost 60 startups in a letter of support for this bill, which has its second committee hearing tomorrow.

“We Need To Act Now”: An Interview With Chelsea Manning

April 25, 2018 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG Podcast Chelsea Manning, Congress, Electoral Politics, National Security State

Chelsea Manning is running for U.S. Senate in Maryland in the Democratic Party primary against career politician, Ben Cardin. She explains why she is running, her concerns about the future, which should be of concern to all of us, and what we should be doing right now. We also bring you news and upcoming actions that you can join.

American Muslims Organize Grassroots Lobby For Palestine

March 27, 2018 By Wasan Abu Baker, Popular Resistance. Organize! Congress, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine

This is the fourth year, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is holding its Palestine Advocacy Day and Training program in Washington, D.C. This meeting started with a small number of attendees and supporters, however over the past four years the number of participants has increased significantly. The goal of the conference is to prepare the next generation of leaders, activists, and advocates for Palestine providing them the basic tools for civic engagement with elected officials in different branches of government.

US Doubles Down As Empire Declines

March 17, 2018 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Newsletter CIA, Congress, Democrats, State Department, US Empire, Wars and Militarism

US empire is in decline. Reports of the end of the US being the unitary power in world affairs are common, as are predictions of the end of US empire. China surpassed the United States as the world economic leader, according to Purchasing Power Parity Gross National Product, and Russia announced new weapons that can overcome the US' defense systems. What is happening in the United States, in response, is to do more of what has been causing the decline. As the Pentagon outlined in its post-primacy report, the US' plan is more money, more aggression and more surveillance.

Congress Keeps Funding A War Machine That The Public Should Divest From

March 8, 2018 By Medea Benjamin and Elliot Swain, Alternet.org Educate! Congress, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

In recent budget negotiations, Senate Democrats agreed to a boost in military spending that exceeded the cap for fiscal 2018 by $70 billion, bringing the total request to an enormous $716 billion. Inevitably, this means more Pentagon contracts will be awarded to private corporations that use endless war to line their pockets. Democrats capitulated to this massive increase without so much as a scuffle. But the move hardly comes as a surprise, given how much money flows from weapons makers to the coffers of congressional campaigns for both parties. While the majority of the weapons money goes to Republicans, Democratic Senators Tim Kaine and Bill Nelson appear in the top ten recipients of campaign contributions--in both chambers and parties--from military contractors in 2017 and 2018.

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