Khanna Wants 2020 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls to Detail Net Neutrality Positions
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said all candidates for the Democrats' 2020 presidential nomination should “discuss how they will undo” the “blunder” of FCC rescission of 2015 net neutrality rules. A bid by congressional Democrats to kill the rescission is stalled.…
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Senate Republicans last month blocked a push by Democrats to pass the Save the Internet Act net neutrality bill by unanimous consent (see 1906110038). HR-1644/S-682, which the House passed in April, would reverse the order rescinding the rules and restore reclassification of broadband as a Communications Act Title II service (see 1904100062). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the bill is dead on arrival in the chamber (see 1904090045). Khanna complained Thursday that “ZERO questions” about net neutrality were asked during the first set of Democratic debates in late June (see 1906270010 and 1906280053). Another set of debates is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Twenty-one of the 25 current Democratic hopefuls declared support for restoring in some form the rules, though most haven't provided much detail. Four candidates haven't taken a position -- former Vice President Joe Biden, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam and businessman Tom Steyer. The four candidates' campaigns didn't comment.