Blackburn’s bill would place all rules governing the Internet in the purview of Congress

Rep. Blackburn Introduces Bill to Preempt FCC Internet Takeover

By Warner Todd Huston
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Representative Marsha Blackburn (R, TN) has introduced a bill to preempt the December power grab by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and she has made the bill bipartisan with the support of Democrat Dan Boren (Oklahoma).

Blackburn’s bill would place all rules governing the Internet in the purview of Congress and would take the issue out of the hands of the FCC. She is reporting that 60 members support her bill to halt the FCCs efforts to take control of the Internet without legislative action. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valle ... neutrality

“The FCC’s Christmas week Internet-grab points out how important it is that we pass this bill quickly,â€