Rangel Drops Backing for Latta's Title II Bill
House Communications Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, lost the one Democratic backer for his legislation prohibiting FCC use of Communications Act Title II for the regulation of broadband. Latta introduced a similar bill in the last Congress and reintroduced…
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it (HR-279) last month. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., was listed as the lone Democratic co-sponsor in recent months. Rangel has vocally backed Title II approaches to net neutrality in the past week, signing a letter and making a statement backing FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s Title II proposal. Rangel is no longer listed as a supporter of HR-279, following our inquiry this week. A Rangel spokeswoman declined to comment.