Two More House Republicans Back Net Neutrality CRA Resolution
Reps. Jody Hice, R-Ga., and Gary Palmer, R-Ala., now back the Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval on net neutrality (H.J.Res-42) from Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga. Collins introduced the resolution Monday (see 1504130053), touting 14 GOP backers initially and provoking…
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opposition from Free Press and Public Knowledge. Free Press attacked the resolution in a blog post Tuesday, focusing on the “instructive” telecom and cable donations that two backers -- Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Communications Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio -- have received. “From 1991–2014, Goodlatte received a whopping $250,734 from AT&T, Comcast, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), and Verizon,” Free Press said. “AT&T, which alone has given him $71,750, is his third biggest donor of all time.” Latta, from 2007 to 2014, “has received $127,100 from AT&T, the NCTA, Time Warner Cable, and the lesser-known Block Communications,” it added.