Thursday, 14 April 2016

White House threatens veto of GOP’s anti-net neutrality bill



President Obama and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.


As Republicans in Congress push legislation that would gut the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to enforce net neutrality rules, the White House today issued a policy statement threatening a veto.


“If the president were presented with H.R. 2666 [the bill number] his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill,” the statement said.


The bill is titled the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act and was approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee over objections from Democrats…



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White House threatens veto of GOP’s anti-net neutrality bill

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