"Appropriations Bill Would Block Net Neutrality Rules"

Broadcasting & Cable: "Appropriations Bill Would Block Net Neutrality Rules" Take Action: Tell Congress to stop the sneak attack on Net Neutrality! Dear {{ user.first_name|default:"Friend" }}, Take a moment to celebrate: Net Neutrality is officially the law of the land! Demand Progress members like you were front and center in helping us achieve this historic victory. Unfortunately, cable and phone companies are more emboldened than ever to kill a free and open Internet, and they're pushing their allies in Congress to do their dirty work. They've slipped language into an appropriations bill that strips the FCC's ability to use the government funds they need to implement Net Neutrality regulations until a series of telecom industry-backed legal challenges are settled. With a vote on this bill scheduled for early Wednesday morning in the House Committee on Appropriations, members need to hear from you today. Can you make a call to a member of the House Committee on Appropriations and ask that they halt this sneak attack on Net Neutrality? Yes, I'll make a phone call to a member of the committee. No, I can't do that — but I'll chip in $5 to help protect Net Neutrality. The broader context of the appropriations fight in Congress makes this attack all the more troubling: these anti-Net Neutrality provisions in a funding bill are part of an effort to set the stage for their inclusion in a must-pass funding bill later this year. This is not how a democracy is supposed to work. If Congress leaves this sneaky language intact, they're ignoring the 81% of Americans who think that companies like Comcast and Verizon shouldn't interfere with our ability to communicate and innovate freely online.[1] We can't let Big Cable and their cronies in Congress win on this. Can you make a call to a member of the House Commitee on Appropriations and ask that they strike any language in government funding bills that prevents the FCC from doing its job? Yes, I'll make a phone call to a member of the committee. No, I can't do that — but I'll chip in $5 to help protect Net Neutrality. Thanks for standing with us. —Watchdog.net Source: 1. New poll: Republicans and Democrats both overwhelmingly support net neutrality, The Washington Post, November 12, 2014 Watchdog.net 30 Ritchie Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910

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