U.S. Senate will vote on May 16 to possibly restore Net Neutrality
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Even if the vote passes the Senate, there`s still a long battle ahead. In mid-December last year, the FCC voted to repeal Net Neutrality. That repeal will officially go into action on June 11, but not before the U.S. Senate votes to hopefully restore it. On May 14, Democratic Senator Ed Markey announced that he and other fellow Democrats have pushed the U.S. Senate to vote on whether or not the FCC`s repeal of Net Neutrality should be reversed. The vote will take place on Wednesday, May 16, and it`s being done as part of a Congressional Review Act (also known as a CRA). Commenting on the announcement, Senator Markey said – By passing my CRA resolution to put net neutrality back on the books, we can send a clear message to American families that we support them, not the special interest agenda of President Trump and his broadband baron allies. May 16 will be the most important vote for the internet in the history of the Senate, and I call on my Repu...