Senate Republicans react quickly to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposal to expand the Federal Communications Commission’s network neutrality authority. Working on an unrelated appropriations bill, Republican senators push an amendment to deny the FCC funds for developing or implementing new Internet regulations.
– Just hours after Federal Communications
Commission Chairman Julius
Genachowski proposed expanding the network neutrality authority of the
agency Sept. 21, Senate Republicans moved to block the initiative. Using an
appropriations bill as a vehicle, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced an
amendme…