Net Neutrality CRA Supporters Target Competitive House Districts in Questionnaire
Fight for the Future, Free Press Action Fund and other groups that support a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval aimed at rolling back the FCC's 2017 order to rescind its 2015 net neutrality rules sent out a questionnaire Thursday…
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to 38 House members and their challengers in the November elections about their position. Targeted districts are largely ones election observers pegged as the most vulnerable Republican-held seats, including six districts in California and four in Pennsylvania. Absent from the list is Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., who in July became the only Republican (see 1807170048) to sign on to a discharge petition aimed at forcing a floor vote on House Joint Resolution-129. The petition has 177 signers, 41 below the 218 minimum needed to force a vote. The Senate passed its version in May (see 1805160064). The CRA supporters' questionnaire asks incumbents whether they signed the discharge petition or will commit to sign it within the next 30 days. It asks challengers if they would have signed the CRA discharge petition and supported the measure if it came up for a vote.