Here Are the 19 Senate Democrats Still Not Committed to Defending Net Neutrality

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

As of this writing on Friday, 29 senators—28 Democrats and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—have signed on to Sen. Ed Markey's (D-Mass.) effort to undo the Republican-controlled FCC's December vote to kill net neutrality by introducing a "resolution of disapproval" that would, if passed, restore the 2015 net neutrality protections that are currently being scrapped......

The list of non-supporters of the Markey resolution is below:

Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
Tom Carper (D-Del.)
Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
Chris Coons (D-Del.)
Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.)
Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)
Doug Jones (D-Ala.)
Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)
Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
Tina Smith (D-Minn.)
Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
Tom Udall (D-N.M.)
Mark Warner (D-Va.)

One would think that this position would be something that all Democratic Senators would support.

To read more:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/01/05/here-are-19-senate-democrats-still-not-committed-defending-net-neutrality?

[alarimer]

1. How much money did they receive from Comcast, etc?

I think their answer might be entirely dependent on that.

[guillaumeb]

3. Harsh...................but I cannot argue with the premise.

It would be interesting if their constituents were to ask them for their reasoning on this issue.

[samnsara]

2. i see my other wash state sen maria cantwell isnt on the list...

..so texting RESIST to 50409 to send her a free fax asking why.

[guillaumeb]

4. This is the list of non-supporters.

Cantwell apparently supports this.

My apologies for not making this clear. I will edit it to reflect that.

[bettyellen]

5. Thanks- I will call and email three- two of my own and Cortez Masto since I made calls for her.

[Cha]

6. My senators from Hawaii aren't

on the list as I figured.

You would think all Dems would support it.. the one that stood out on the list is Chris Murphy, though.

I would imagine Feinstein will be hearing from her Calif constituents if she doesn't support Net Neutrality.

[RandomAccess]

7. Sigh. No surprises on the unhelpful list.

Damn them.