Senate Votes 52-47 To Restore Net Neutrality

Business Insider reports:

The US Senate on Wednesday voted narrowly in favor of reinstating the Federal Communications Commission’s net-neutrality rules. Though the vote on the measure has been expected for months, its outcome had been uncertain going into the vote. Fifty senators previously declared their support for it — one shy of the majority needed to pass it.

In the end, three Republicans joined with all 47 Democrats and two Democratic-leaning senators to back the measure.

Earlier in the day, the measure overcame a procedural hurdle, portending its eventual outcome. The same three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, John Kennedy of Louisiana, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joined with their colleagues across the aisle to pass a motion to proceed with a final vote. Collins had previously said she supported the underlying measure.

BREAKING: We did it! The Senate just voted to protect #NetNeutrality.

But our work isn’t over. It’s time to take the vote to the House. https://t.co/4ZWOppiYLe pic.twitter.com/FJwTzgLLTD

— ACLU (@ACLU) May 16, 2018

I’m voting today to restore #NetNeutrality to keep control of the internet in the hands of those who use it. pic.twitter.com/v9E22UZOUj

— Senator Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) May 16, 2018

BREAKING: The Senate just voted to keep #NetNeutrality rules – a huge victory for protecting the free & open internet.

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) May 16, 2018

BREAKING: We just won the vote in the Senate on #NetNeutrality. Thanks to everyone for pushing so hard. We have more work to do but this is an excellent beginning.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) May 16, 2018