Senate Dems (and Collins) have filed a discharge petition that will force a vote on net neutrality

wherein Pence could tie it at 51.

So, if McCain votes and makes it 51, then Pence can't vote. I'm not sure of this though.

I thought that was the way it worked.

If we have 50 votes against their 49 (assuming McCain doesn’t vote) then we win.

Net Neutrality is very important to small businesses as well as any progressive information consumer.

edit - fixed typo

If McCain does not vote (which is likely) and no Republican votes with Collins and the Democrats. (On this, where issue, where are the libertarians - like Senators Paul and Lee?

If McCain is the only Senator not voting, there can not be a tie -- so Pence gets no vote.

With him, you can never tell who's going to show up, and now, there's every doubt in the world that he won't.

The way the numbers look in this moment, it's probably better if he doesn't.

to cancel my ISP if service deteriorates. It's a backup contingency plan for power outages, but feasible if a bit slow or inconvenient.

...explain to him that Net Neutrality is like the GI Bill. US soldiers back from the frontlines have an equal opportunity to get an education and an equal opportunity to participate in national web discourse.

They can return to these shores knowing we have their backs and they won't be treated like 2nd class citizens. They fought for freedom and on their return they get more than a medal: they get the backbone of democracy preserved by other Anericans who have been fighting for a people's infrastructure.

I'd be curious whether the number of pro-neutrality commentators in the run up to the FCC decision equals the number of US citizens in the armed services... just checked:

Armed services (+ reservists): 2 million
Pro-neutrality commentators: 4 million.
US citizens in support of net neutrality: 83%

Thanks for the thread, Ellipsis