FCC Internet Regulation: Not So Fast

In the House, HJ37, the resolution to disapprove the FCC action, has been approved on a floor vote of: 238 to 174.  Last December, under cover of the holidays and the spectacle of the lame duck Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defied a federal court and enacted an internet regulatory takeover.  In answer, the House began movingHouse Joint Resolution 37 through committee.  The resolution will cancel the FCC rulemaking and bring the policy discussion back to Congress.

Thus, the FCC and the House of Representatives have begun a classicSeparation of Powers struggle.  The debate involves a simple yet critical question: is policy established by an elected Congress or imposed by appointed agency bureaucrats? John White - American Thinker - Click To Read More...