House Rejects FCC Net Neutrality Rules

By Antone Gonsalves – The House voted 240 to 179 Friday for a Republican-backed resolution reversing the FCC’s “net neutrality” rules passed in December. The House Joint Resolution 37, sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., was approved nearly along party lines, with all but six Democrats and two Republicans voting against the resolution.

The resolution is not expected to pass the...