GOP budget bill would kill net neutrality and FCC’s set-top box plan
Source: ARS Technica
House Republicans yesterday released a plan to slash the Federal Communications Commission's budget by $69 million and prevent the FCC from enforcing net neutrality rules, "rate regulation," and its plan to boost competition in the set-top box market.
The proposal is the latest of many attempts to gut the FCC's authority, though it's unusual in that it takes aim at two of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's signature projects while also cutting the agency's budget. The plan is part of the government's annual appropriations bill.
"The bill contains $315 million for the FCCa cut of $69 million below the fiscal year 2016 enacted level and $43 million below the [agency's] request," said an announcement by the House Appropriations Committee chaired by Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), who received $25,500 from the telecom industry in the current campaign cycle. "The legislation prohibits the FCC from implementing the net neutrality order until certain court cases are resolved, requires newly proposed regulations to be made publicly available for 21 days before the Commission votes on them, prohibits the FCC from regulating broadband rates, and requires the FCC to refrain from further activity of the recently proposed set-top box rule until a study is completed."
The set-top box study requirements could delay the process by one year, taking it past President Obama's term and potentially past Wheeler's tenure as FCC chairman...
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/05/gop-budget-bill-would-kill-net-neutrality-and-fccs-set-top-box-plan/
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)realize that if they ever actually succeed in deregulating and privatizing everything that their sugar daddies wouldn't need them anymore, and they might have to go get real jobs?
askeptic
(478 posts)It is pathetic they way the 1% and the corporatocracy just don't even try to hide their shenanigans
FighttheFuture
(1,313 posts)lark
(23,091 posts)There's nothing those damn Repugs won't do to screw over the working and poor classes in favor of the rich corporations and the desired campaign payback. If Trump steals the presidency, I fear we will take the plunge into full on fascism, we're almost there now.
winstars
(4,219 posts)after reading this story...
Republicans are scumbags and Democrats are not.
Its that simple.