Wicker tries to block Net Neutrality
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), along with several Republicans, filed an amendment to the omnibus appropriations bill making its way through the Senate to bar the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing network neutrality.
Sen. Hutchison, the ranking member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, co-sponsored the amendment to H.R. 3082 with Senators Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), John Ensign (R-Nev.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), John Thune (R-S.D), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).
The House of Representatives already passed the bill, 212-206, on Dec. 8. It must pass through the Senate, then be signed by President Obama into law. The bill includes a controversial two-year pay freeze for some federal employees that has angered lawmakers on both sides.
PC Mag
12/16/10
Magnolia Tribune
