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House Republicans up their fight against the FCC's net neutrality rules

A Republican-led House of Representatives panel are stepping up their efforts to bring down the FCC's net neutrality rules. This week, the House Commerce Committee voted 30-23 to overturn the FCC's

Divided House committee votes to repeal net neutrality

That didn't take long: By a 30-23 party line vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to repeal FCC net neutrality rules and sent the measure to the full House to further cripple the

NCTA names Michael Powell president-CEO

Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell will get the opportunity to look at regulatory issues from the other side of the fence now that he's been named the NCTA's president-CEO, replacing Kyle McSlarrow

Assailing 'powerful media conglomerates,' Franken promises new net neutrality bill

Even as a politically divided legislature looks at whether or not to let net neutrality proceed in its current (or any) form, Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is promising legislation that "would call

Is Genachowski getting ready to flee the FCC coop?

It appears that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski may be getting ready to step down as the agency's chairman because President Barack Obama may be nominating him as the next Secretary of Commerce,

Boehner speaks up, pans Internet regulation

House Speaker John Boehner, relatively quiet since assuming a position of power in the new Republican Congress, found his voice when it comes to the FCC and its attempts to regulate the Internet.

Netflix faults Comcast in Level 3 dispute

In long-awaited comments, Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX ) has issued a statement implying that Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA ) is trying to squash it by making it difficult--or more expensive--for Level 3

House moves to block net neutrality funding

As promised, the newly installed House of Representatives is doing everything it can to block the FCC from implementing net neutrality rules. In late night action, the House voted 244 to 181 to

Republican lawmakers move to overturn FCC's net neutrality proposal

The political dogfight between the FCC and Republican lawmakers to a rousing start this week as a group of Republic Congressmen introduced a resolution to overturn the agency's proposed net

Genachowski not taking Comcast's side in Level 3 traffic dispute

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has not closed the net neutrality door on Level 3 Communications' (Nasdaq: LVLT ) network traffic dispute with Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA ), despite what some others