The House Commerce Committee was expected to approve on Tuesday...
The House Commerce Committee was expected to approve on Tuesday legislation to nullify the FCC net neutrality order, paving the way for a floor vote. At our deadline, the committee hadn’t yet voted on H.J. Res. 37, a joint resolution…
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of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act. Democrats and Republicans were expected to split along party lines. The parties locked horns throughout a bitterly divisive markup that began Monday afternoon (CD March 15 p2) and also took up a bill to overturn Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse-gas rules. House GOP leaders have said the net neutrality resolution could reach the House floor this month. A companion resolution in the Senate hasn’t moved out of the Commerce Committee, but House passage would move it straight to the Senate floor. The Senate could also discharge the bill from committee before House passage with the support of 30 senators. Republicans have secured Democratic support for the resolution only from two House Blue Dogs. The measure needs a simple majority in each chamber.