The Senate Votes Against the Net-Neutrality Rollback
But it was just a resolution to “disapprove”—a far cry from stopping the repeal.
In a shocking reversal, the Senate voted 52–47 to disapprove of the rollback of network neutrality—the policy that treats broadband and wireless data as common carriers. That protection required internet service providers to treat all internet traffic the same, rather than blocking, throttling, or otherwise interfering with access to particular services. All 49 Democratic senators were joined, somewhat unexpectedly, by three Republicans—Senators Susan Collins of Maine, John Kennedy of Louisiana, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—in supporting the resolution.
Last December, the Federal Communications Commission to roll back Obama-era protections of
