The FCC voted to kill the open internet, but Congress has the power to overrule it. Fifty senators have already signed onto a resolution of disapproval that would overturn the FCC's repeal of net neutrality. We need just one more, and Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake has not yet signed on to save the internet. Call now.
Click below for a sample script and the number to call:
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Fifty senators signed on to the resolution of disapproval to overturn the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and save net neutrality.1 We need just one more.
If Sens. McCain and Flake sign on, the resolution will pass the Senate and move on to the House.
Call Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake: Support the resolution of disapproval to save net neutrality.
When the FCC voted to kill the open internet, they ignored millions of Americans and gave big cable companies control of what we say and do online.
But this fight isn't over. Congress has the authority to overturn the FCC's vote. Congress can use a "resolution of disapproval" to reverse this disastrous decision and restore the rules that protect the open internet.2
Thanks to the Congressional Review Act, Congress can review new regulations (in this case, the FCC's Orwellian-sounding “Restoring Internet Freedom” rule) and overrule them by passing a joint resolution of disapproval. Republicans in Congress used the process last year when they repealed important broadband privacy protections. And in the Senate, even the minority party can force a resolution of disapproval to a vote – making every senator go on the record for or against net neutrality.
Trump's FCC chair has shown that he is in the pocket of Big Telecom companies. But unlike the FCC, our senators are elected and they must answer to us.
Call Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake: Support the resolution of disapproval to save net neutrality.
Sample Script: Hello my name is ____________ and I live in Tucson, AZ. I'm calling to ask Sens. McCain and Flake to sign onto the resolution of disapproval that would overturn the FCC's repeal of net neutrality. Will Sens. McCain and Flake sign on and stand up for a free and open internet? Sen. John McCain
P. 202-224-2235 (Got a recording. Left a message)
F. 202-228-2862 Phoenix Office P. 602-952-2410 F. 855-952-8702 Tucson Office P. 520-670-6334 (Reached a staffer here.) F. 855-952-8702 Sen. Jeff Flake F: 202-228-0515 Phoenix Office P: 602-840-1891 F: 602-840-4092 Tucson Office P: 520-575-8633 (Reached a staffer here.) F: 520-797-3232
- Brandy Doyle, CREDO Action
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In addition to calling our senator's Tucson offices, I left the following message on their websites:
ReplyDeletePlease, sign onto the resolution of disapproval that would overturn the FCC's repeal of net neutrality.
My husband is one of the founders of Code for Tucson and is a contributor to Google Developers Group. He is also active in the Tucson Startup community. All of these groups advocate for a free and open internet. The guy who invented the internet designed it to be free and open. All of the startups we know rely on an open internet. If net neutrality is repealed it put these startup businesses at a disadvantage. Repealing net neutrality would also make it cost prohibitive to do research on the web.
If the FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is successful, they will widdle away one of our most powerful forms of free speech. They will hurt the free market. They will destroy everything the net was created to be - a free exchange of ideas and technology.
Can Tucson's tech community count of you to sign onto the resolution of disapproval that would overturn the FCC's repeal of net neutrality?