Bloomberg Law
Nov. 27, 2017, 4:40 PM UTC

Dems Wary of Net Neutrality Legislation Despite FCC Rollback

By Kyle Daly

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to scrap the agency’s net neutrality rules is not likely to spark any new desire among congressional Democrats to work with Republicans on a legislative solution.

Democrats haven’t been eager to help Republicans move a bill to supplant the current rules put in place by a Democratic-controlled FCC and upheld by a federal appeals court. Despite Pai’s move, Democrats fear the GOP-controlled Congress won’t advance a bill to their liking, policy experts and Democratic congressional aides say.

“I actually think it may drive people further apart,” Gigi Sohn, a former ...

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