House Panel Postpones Vote On Net Neutrality Resolution

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Source: National Journal

House Panel Postpones Vote On Net Neutrality Resolution
By Juliana Gruenwald
March 2, 2011 | 10:00 AM

The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced that it has postponed its scheduled markup Wednesday morning in its Communications and Technology Subcommittee of a resolution aimed at blocking the Federal Communications Commission's network neutrality rules.

The panel did not give a reason for the postponement of action on the resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, which gives lawmakers a limited amount of time to pass legislation aimed at blocking regulations approved by federal agencies. Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., introduced the resolution to try to block the FCC's open Internet rules, approved in December, from going into effect.

On Tuesday, however, Energy and Commerce ranking member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Rep. Anna Eshoo of California, the top Democrat on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, called for a hearing on the resolution before the subcommittee votes on it.

The subcommittee did not give a date for when it would take up the resolution.



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1. Damn I miss Gilda Radner. This sounds like a PERFECT story for Emily Litella.