Republicans Take Aim at Net Neutrality In Spending Bill

“This proposal ignores the millions of Americans who asked the FCC for strong net neutrality rules. By gutting the Open Internet Order and blocking future attempts to protect net neutrality, the bill tilts the Internet’s level playing field in favor of entrenched cable and telephone companies,” Joshua Stager, the group’s policy counsel, said in a statement. “A vote for this bill is a vote against consumers and small businesses, plain and simple. Congress should reject this legislation as swiftly as it was unveiled,”