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Re:Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality by supertrope on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @05:08PM (#17086522)
The Republican Party is not only against regulations in general but they have explicitly come out against Net Neutrality rules. They (House Republicans) even made it part of their demands before the 2013 federal government shutdown: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/revealed-house-gops-de...
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Re:Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @05:14PM (#17086554)
> They (House Republicans) even made it part of their demands before the 2013 federal government shutdown

Not the same people that are there now, and not the same political circumstances. It is unlikely but not impossible this will pass the House.

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Re:Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality by chx on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @05:14PM (#17086553)
Many opinions shift in five years.
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