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by Causes | 4.9.19

Welcome to Tuesday, April 9th, preferers of Coke or Pepsi...

Turning the Internet On and Off

Today, the House will vote on the Save the Internet Act of 2019, a bill that would restore the net neutrality protections rolled back by the FCC in 2017.

If enacted, the bill would prohibit internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking, throttling, or engaging in paid prioritization. It'd also foster innovation and competition by ensuring fair and equal access to broadband for start-ups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs.

Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks praised the bill when it was first introduced, saying:

“The American people have demanded a free and open internet and I am pleased that Congress has responded with today’s legislation. I continue to believe that the FCC’s 2015 Net Neutrality rules were the right approach and the bill introduced today takes us back in that direction.\"

Tina Pelkey, a spokeswoman for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, said overregulation, not lack of net neutrality, is the biggest risk to a vibrant internet. She argued: “The FCC’s return in 2017 to the bipartisan, light-touch approach to Internet regulation has been a success. This time-tested framework has preserved the free and open Internet.\"

Do you support the Save the Internet Act?

Here are the results so far:

On the Radar

Mueller Reporting

The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is urging the panel’s Democratic chairman to bring special counsel Robert Mueller to the Capitol to testify on his yet-to-be-released report on Russian influence in the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.

Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) made the request of Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), arguing that questioning Mueller, and not Attorney General Barr, is the best path towards transparency.

\"If you seek both transparency and for the American public to learn the full contours of the Special Counsel’s investigation, public testimony from Special Counsel Mueller himself is undoubtedly the best way to accomplish this goal,\" Collins wrote in a letter to Nadler.

“The Constitution charges Congress with holding the president accountable for alleged official misconduct,” Nadler said at the outset of a meeting last week before lawmakers approved the subpoena. “That job requires us to evaluate the evidence for ourselves—not the attorney general’s summary, not a substantially redacted synopsis, but the full report and the underlying evidence.”

Should Mueller testify before the House?

Under the Radar

Borders and Court Orders

The U.S. House of Representatives is suing to block President Donald Trump from taking billions of dollars from federal programs and diverting the funds toward building barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“The House is unaware of any other instance in American history where a President has declared a national emergency to obtain funding after failing to win Congressional approval for an appropriation,” the lawsuit reads.

But U.S. Attorney General William Barr said the president’s “declaration of an emergency on the southern border was clearly authorized under the law and consistent with past precedent.”

Do you support lawsuits against Trump's border emergency order?

Your Gov at a Glance 👀

The White House: President Trump in D.C.

At 12:00pm EDT, the president will participate in a bilateral meeting and expanded working lunch with the president of Egypt.

The House of Representatives: In

\nVoting on a bill to restore net neutrality.
\nVoting on a bill to modernize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
\nVoting on a bill to provide re-employment services to all unemployed persons.

The Senate: In

\nTaking procedural & potentially confirmation votes on the nomination of Daniel Domenico to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado.

What You're Saying

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But wait, there's more!

And, in the End…

This Week In Congress

The last congressional work week before the annual two-week spring recess for Easter and Passover is poised to be a controversial one between the House voting on a bill to reinstate net neutrality and the Senate set to confirm several district court judges.

Tuesday and Wednesday, the House will be focused on bills to reinstate net neutrality, modernize the IRS, and potentially a bill to raise budget caps for both defense and non-defense discretionary spending over the next two years.

On Tuesday, the Senate will take a procedural vote on the nomination of Daniel Domenico to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado, and if that vote succeeds it’d set up a confirmation vote two hours later. Later in the week the upper chamber will likely take up several other nominations, as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) set up potential procedural votes on three district judges, an ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and a Labor Dept. official.

For the full story, head to This Week in Congress: Reinstating Net Neutrality, Confirming Judges, and (Maybe) Raising Budget Caps

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