Why did so many members of the CBC vote against net neutrality?

Idioteque

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Fri Jun-09-06 12:21 AM
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Why did so many members of the CBC vote against net neutrality?

I was looking at the roll call vote for Ed Markey's Net Neutrality amendment. It's unfortunate that so many Democrats voted against it. I was especially sad to see that Bobby Rush was one of the biggest cheerleaders against neutrality.

I was surprised to see that Rush wasn't the only member of the normally progressive Congressional Black Caucus to vote against neutrality. Chacka Fatah, Gregory Meeks, Kendrick Meek, Alcee Hastings, Artur Davis, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Albert Wynn were just a few of the CBC members who voted no.

Can anybody explain why they took this position, seeing that the vast majority of progressive Democrats support net neutrality?

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Up2Late

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Fri Jun-09-06 12:36 AM
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1. I don't think most of them have taken the time to understand it.

I haven't researched it yet, but I heard there is a LOT of confusing Dis-Info going around about it.

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bananas

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Fri Jun-09-06 01:45 AM
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2. Good question. nt

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NVMojo

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Fri Jun-09-06 03:00 AM
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3. they all need to be replaced. too many sucking off lobbyists

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Up2Late

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Fri Jun-09-06 03:47 AM
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4. Here's a good report from Thursday, Mike McCurry, former Clinton...

...WH spokesman makes a good point here. He says that he thinks the "be afraid, support Net neutrality" side of the argument is coming from Microsoft and Google, two mega corps that don't want to help pay for the next generation of Higher speed Broadband Internet, but if they don't pay for it, we will have to:

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5472141>

Here's a slightly old (11/04) article, but it does give an idea of what we are really talking about here:

<http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55800351>

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mhatrw

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Fri Jun-09-06 04:36 AM
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5. Oh, Jesus Christ!

So you and Mike are against net neutrality?

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Up2Late

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Fri Jun-09-06 11:31 AM
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6. NO, Mike McCurry is against it, I'm reporting what he said.

And don't call me Jesus Christ, I haven't gone by that name in at least 2000 years.:spank:

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