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May 17, 2018

Senate Approves Bill to Restore Net Neutrality Rules
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The Senate voted narrowly Wednesday to reverse the FCC's repeal of net
neutrality rules, in a victory for advocates of the open internet. The
Senate bill would reimpose rules barring internet service providers from
stopping or slowing down the delivery of websites, and would bar
companies from charging extra fees for high-quality streaming video.
Wednesday's 52-47 vote-mostly along party lines-sets up a battle in the
Republican-controlled House. This is California Democratic
Congressmember Anna Eshoo, whose district includes much of Silicon
Valley.

Rep. Anna Eshoo: "Fundamentally, this is about ensuring that you,
myself-all of us-we are the ones, we are the individuals, that decide
what we want to hear, what we want to watch, what we want to play, what
we want to read."



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