How congressional politics drive the net neutrality debate
The ongoing national debate over the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules started a new chapter this week. Senate Democrats, led by Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), filed a petition that will force a vote on overturning the Commission’s 2017 decision to undo rules from the Obama administration. In doing so, Markey and his colleagues will take advantage of a complicated, but increasingly important, tool in Congress’s toolbox: the Congressional Review Act, or the CRA.
