House subcommittee votes to block FCC’s net neutrality rules

They may face an uphill battle given the numbers in the Senate (not to mention a Democratic President), but it doesn’t look like the House Republicans will be softening their opposition to the FCC’s new net neutrality rules anytime soon. Following a full vote on an amendment to a spending bill in the House of Representatives last month (which just died in the Senate yesterday), the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has now passed a new measure that, if it ultimately adopted, would completely overturn the FCC’s new rules. The measure now heads to the Energy and Commerce Committee but, as before, it’s unlikely that anything will change in the Senate even it ultimately passes in the full House — that certainly won’t stop opponents of the rules from trying, though. House subcommittee votes to block FCC’s net neutrality rules originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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