Call Your Senator for Net Neutrality
June 26th, 2006 by Tim Karr[UPDATE, 3:15pm EST . . . They are discussing amendment now . . . Vote imminent . . . stay tuned . . .]
The Senate Commerce Committee “mark-up” on Senator Stevens’ massive Telecommunications Act has dragged through Tuesday without discussion of the Snowe-Dorgan Net Neutrality amendment. A vote on this is now likely to occur late Wednesday afternoon.
This vote is critical. If your senator sits on the committee, he/she needs to hear from you today. Ask him/her to vote in committee to support the Snowe-Dorgan Net Neutrality amendment to the larger Telecom Act (S. 2686). The amendment would reinstate protections for network neutrality and ensure that all content, applications and services are treated equally, prohibiting broadband network operators from blocking, degrading, or prioritizing service on their networks.
Here are the members of the committee who have not taken a strong position in favor of Internet freedom and for the Snowe-Dorgan Amendment. Call them now:
Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
Phone: 202-224-3004
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Phone: 202 -224-2235
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)
Phone: 202-224-2353
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
Phone: 202-224-5274
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
Phone: 202 224 3224
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)
Phone: 202 224-4623
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.)
Phone: 202-224-6253
Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)
Phone: 202-224-2644
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
Phone: 202-224-6551
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.)
Phone: 202-224-6244
Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.)
Phone: 202-224-2841
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
Phone: 202-224-3753
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)
Phone: 202 224-6121
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)
Phone: 202-224-5922
Sen. George Allen (R-Va.)
Phone: 202-224-4024
Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
Phone: 202-224-6472
Your phone calls actually make a difference. Please call now and urge your senators to support the bipartisan Snowe-Dorgan Internet Freedom amendment in the Commerce Committee. The free and open Internet as we know it is on the line.
Make the call and report back via the comment thread below.
