FCC Must Postpone Net Neutrality Vote, Blackburn Says
The FCC should delay its planned Feb. 26 vote on net neutrality, House Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said in a statement Tuesday. “Allegations that the White House may have pressured Chairman Wheeler to adopt Title II Net…
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Neutrality regulations are troubling,” Blackburn said. “This was supposed to be an open process. We have watched the FCC go through a lengthy notice and comment period only to learn that the rules may have been written behind closed doors at the White House.” Other lawmakers plan to gather for a net neutrality briefing in favor of the FCC action. The National Hispanic Media Coalition is co-hosting that briefing with Presente.org, the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Media Action Grassroots Network, set for noon Thursday in B-338 Rayburn. Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairman Keith Ellison, D-Mich., is expected to attend.