Does your senator need a nudge? Senate may vote as early as Wed on bill killing net neutrality

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Per an email alert today from Free Press, the "resolution of disapproval" may come up for a vote as early as Wednesday. I called my senator's office (Kay Hagen) and she's still undecided! They're "still taking constituent calls on it" and she's trying to make up her mind. WTF is to make up her mind about? Told her aide I was surprised she would even consider voting in favor of this net-neutrality killing bill!

In the Senate, the bill is S.J. Res 6, but they certainly know what you're talking about when you call it the "resolution of disapproval," initially introduced by KB Hutchinson, McConnell & Ensign. That line-up alone should tell you all you need to know to get on the horn & call your senators! The co-sponsors are the 39 fascists/ReTHUGs listed later in the post.

But, as a reminder, here's a Q&A from FreePress/Save the Internet Coalition:

Q: So what is the Senate’s “resolution of disapproval” anyway?

A: The “resolution of disapproval” is a measure in Congress that would strip the FCC of the authority to enforce Net Neutrality rules or any other safeguards for the open Internet. It’s a hard-line response to the Open Internet rules the FCC passed late last year. As we’ve noted before, those rules contain serious loopholes (including a lack of protections for the wireless Internet), but the FCC still must have the authority to enforce them. Sadly, opponents of Net Neutrality argue that the FCC should not have any ability to protect the open Internet. If passed, this resolution would make it impossible for the FCC to step in if, say, Comcast blocks the fair and legal sharing of content online (and yes, Comcast has done this).

That means that there would be no Net Neutrality protections at all if this resolution passes — unless Congress passes actual legislation to safeguard the Internet, which is an incredible long shot (see below).

Q: Without the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules, how protected/unprotected does Free Press believe the Internet will be from ISP interference?

A: Without strong Net Neutrality rules, ISPs like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon will most certainly try to block, slow down or interfere with online content (many of them have said outright that they’d like to do so). The FCC’s current rules protect the wireline Internet to a degree, but the wireless Internet is left largely unprotected.

The FreePress/Save the Internet Coalition has compiled a list of senators to thank, nudge & spank. Needless to say, ReTHUGS make up the spank list. Is your senator on the nudge list? Mine is, and she got a call from me this morning.

Nudge
Sen. Daniel Akaka
Sen. Max Baucus
Sen. Michael Bennet
Sen. Jeff Bingaman
Sen. Barbara Boxer
Sen. Scott Brown
Sen. Sherrod Brown
Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Sen. Tom Carper
Sen. Robert Casey
Sen. Thad Cochran
Sen. Kent Conrad
Sen. Christopher Coons
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Sen. Kay Hagan
Sen. Tom Harkin
Sen. Dean Heller
Sen. Dan Inouye
Sen. Tim Johnson
Sen. Herb Kohl
Sen. Mary Landrieu
Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Sen. Patrick Leahy
Sen. Carl Levin
Sen. Joe Lieberman
Sen. Richard Lugar
Sen. Joe Manchin
Sen. Claire McCaskill
Sen. Robert Menendez
Sen. Jeff Merkley
Sen. Barbara Mikulski
Sen. Jerry Moran
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Patty Murray
Sen. Ben Nelson
Sen. Rob Portman
Sen. Mark Pryor
Sen. Jack Reed
en. Harry Reid
Sen. Marco Rubio
Sen. Charles Schumer
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Sen. Jon Tester Sen. Mark Warner
Sen. Jim Webb
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Sen. Roger Wicker

Some of these surprise me. I have no idea how up-to-date this list is and don't have the time to check all of their stances. If your senator is on the list, PLEASE call him or her and urge your representative to vote against

Oh, and here's the "thank" list:

Thank
Sen. Mark Begich
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Sen. Al Franken*
Sen. John Kerry
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Bill Nelson
Sen. Jay Rockefeller
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Mark Udall
Sen. Tom Udall
Sen. Ron Wyden

Sen. Franken has been outstanding on net neutrality -- he's been a true leader on this issue and has been out there incessantly trying to push the issue to the forefront.

And here are the assholes who are pushing this anti-free-speech bill:

Spank
Sen. Lamar Alexander S
en. Kelly Ayotte
Sen. John Barrasso
Sen. Roy Blunt
Sen. John Boozman
Sen. Richard Burr
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Sen. Dan Coats
Sen. Tom Coburn
Sen. Susan Collins
Sen. Bob Corker
Sen. John Cornyn
Sen. Mike Crapo
Sen. Jim DeMint
Sen. Mike Enzi
Sen. Lindsey Graham
Sen. Chuck Grassley
Sen. Orrin Hatch
Sen. John Hoeven
Sen. Kay Hutchison
Sen. James Inhofe
Sen. Johnny Isakson
Sen. Mike Johanns
Sen. Ron Johnson
Sen. Mark Kirk
Sen. Jon Kyl
Sen. Mike Lee
Sen. John McCain
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sen. Rand Paul
Sen. James Risch
Sen. Pat Roberts
Sen. Jeff Sessions
Sen. Richard Shelby
Sen. Olympia Snowe
Sen. John Thune
Sen. Pat Toomey
Sen. David Vitter

Rand Paul came up in my search of the bill, so I went to his site. He flat out calls the bill what is is -- this is the title on his website: Senator Rand Paul Co-Sponsors Bill to Repeal Net Neutrality. WTF -- the asshole is bragging about standing up against net neutrality. At least, though, he is up front about what this bill is -- a net neutrality killer.

Please cal your waffling senatorsl & let them know where you stand! This is a critical net-neutrality issue -- if this resolution passes, you can kiss it goodbye!