Net Neutrality bill filed. (Kerry co-sponsor)

[TayTay]

S.215
Title: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality.
Sponsor: Sen Dorgan, Byron L. (introduced 1/9/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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COSPONSORS(8), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 1/9/2007 Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 1/9/2007
Sen Harkin, Tom - 1/9/2007 Sen Kerry, John F. - 1/9/2007
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. - 1/9/2007 Sen Obama, Barack - 1/9/2007
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 1/9/2007 Sen Wyden, Ron - 1/9/2007

[TayTay]

1. Also co-sponsored a bill to make campaign filings electronic

S.223
Title: A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. (introduced 1/9/2007) Cosponsors (22)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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COSPONSORS(22), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)
Sen Allard, Wayne - 1/9/2007 Sen Boxer, Barbara - 1/9/2007
Sen Cochran, Thad - 1/9/2007 Sen Cornyn, John - 1/9/2007
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 1/9/2007 Sen Durbin, Richard - 1/9/2007
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 1/9/2007 Sen Graham, Lindsey - 1/9/2007
Sen Grassley, Chuck - 1/9/2007 Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey - 1/9/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. - 1/9/2007 Sen Landrieu, Mary L. - 1/9/2007
Sen Levin, Carl - 1/9/2007 Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 1/9/2007
Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 1/9/2007 Sen McCain, John - 1/9/2007
Sen Murkowski, Lisa - 1/9/2007 Sen Obama, Barack - 1/9/2007
Sen Reed, Jack - 1/9/2007 Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV - 1/9/2007
Sen Salazar, Ken - 1/9/2007 Sen Wyden, Ron - 1/9/2007


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Ahm, this means the money can be seen and evaluated more easily.

[TayTay]

2. Oh, co-sponsored on bill to make 2-1-1 a setup for human services calls.

S.211
Title: A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham (introduced 1/9/2007) Cosponsors (26)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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COSPONSORS(26), ALPHABETICAL : (Sort: by date)
Sen Akaka, Daniel K. - 1/9/2007 Sen Bayh, Evan - 1/9/2007
Sen Bennett, Robert F. - 1/9/2007 Sen Boxer, Barbara - 1/9/2007
Sen Burr, Richard - 1/9/2007 Sen Cantwell, Maria - 1/9/2007
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. - 1/9/2007 Sen Cochran, Thad - 1/9/2007
Sen Coleman, Norm - 1/9/2007 Sen Collins, Susan M. - 1/9/2007
Sen Dole, Elizabeth - 1/9/2007 Sen Hagel, Chuck - 1/9/2007
Sen Harkin, Tom - 1/9/2007 Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 1/9/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. - 1/9/2007 Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 1/9/2007
Sen Levin, Carl - 1/9/2007 Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 1/9/2007
Sen Lugar, Richard G. - 1/9/2007 Sen Menendez, Robert - 1/9/2007
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. - 1/9/2007 Sen Murray, Patty - 1/9/2007
Sen Nelson, Bill - 1/9/2007 Sen Snowe, Olympia J. - 1/9/2007
Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 1/9/2007 Sen Vitter, David - 1/9/2007

[wisteria]

3. What is Clinton's and Biden's issues with this bill? They don't like more transparency?n/t

[TayTay]

4. It is early. They still might co-sponsor.

Ahm, put delicately, the Clinton's are not open campaign finance people, in any particular way. I am not surprised that the Jr. Senator from NY is not an original co-sponsor of this.

[karynnj]

5. She (and Biden) may almost be forced to

MCCain may be her opponent - this could give him the corruption issue.

[MH1]

6. Some analysis of the Net Neutrality bill

I just rediscovered the Benton Foundation site when I google for the WIN Act (posted separately). It's a much better site now than what I remember from when I was really into digital divide issues.

Anyway, some overview and links at the BF site: http://www.benton.org/index.php?q=node/4455

And analysis (linked from BF), worth reading; looks at the politickin' behind the bill, which is a little fun (they do support the bill, altho that wasn't immediately obvious to me, due to the snark): http://www.wetmachine.com/item/697