House CRA Resolution Referred to Commerce
A congressional resolution of disapproval attacking the FCC’s net neutrality order was referred to a committee where the leaders haven't embraced it. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., a member of the Judiciary Committee, introduced HJ Res-42 Monday, with the backing of…
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Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. (see 1504130053). But the Congressional Review Act resolution was referred to the Commerce Committee. The leaders of Commerce -- Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore. -- have outlined a goal of instead passing bipartisan net neutrality legislation. "While there are other tools at Congress’s disposal to express our displeasure with this action, I remain firmly committed to a bipartisan legislative solution,” Walden said last month at an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute. Walden led a failed Congressional Review Act resolution against the FCC’s earlier net neutrality order in 2011. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters last month that GOP leadership is interested in moving an item that can pass both chambers and perhaps receive White House approval, cautioning against “partisan” net neutrality attacks (see 1503100045). HJ Res-42 now has 14 GOP co-sponsors. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, another member of Judiciary, is listed as a new co-sponsor. A Collins spokesman didn't comment on Collins' hopes to advance the resolution through Commerce.