Congressional Democrats Introduce Net Neutrality Bill

The renewed effort to pass a federal net neutrality law is being led in the Senate by Sens.

Rep. Doris Matsui, a Democrat from California, is introducing companion legislation in the House.

The bill is the latest maneuver in a decades-long battle over net neutrality and broadband regulation.

In 2015, the FCC with a Democratic majorityadopted regulation under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.

In 2017, a Republican-led FCCrepealed the rulesunderChairman Ajit Pai, who argued against the “heavy-handed” regulations.

Since then, Democrats on Capitol Hill haverepeatedly tried to revive federal net neutrality protections.

This included last-ditch efforts to reverse the net neutrality repeal by the FCC.

But Republicans have opposed these efforts.

The new bill is expected to face opposition from Republicans.

The group says that theCOVID-19 pandemic made clear that broadband is no longer a luxurybut a necessity.

This could pave the way for other states to codify their own net neutrality protections.

“It’s not ideal.