Listen to this article

A campaign by Democratic lawmakers to restore net neutrality has passed from the U.S Senate. It is now moving one step forward toward forestalling its scheduled departure on 11^th June 2018. The vote was seemingly very close along party lines: In addition to every Democrat supporting the legislation. The final 52-47 tally featured 3-Republican legislators, Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and John Kennedy (R-LA), are voting in favor of the bill. The U.S Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) said before the official vote that they don’t let water companies or phone companies discriminate against customers and they don’t restrict access to freeways deciding you can use them and you can’t. The debate is about are you on the side of large internet companies, or are you on the side of American families?

Democrats want 25 Republicans to agree to force a vote, but there it would likely be shot down. Even if it succeeds, the bill would head to Trump’s desk and an almost certain veto. There’s a lot of work to preserve net neutrality before its repeal in June, and some dismissed the bill as insufficient and partisan. “I rise in support of net neutrality, but there are many of us who believe in codifying net neutrality, but what doesn’t make sense is this legislation,” said Sen. John Thune (R-SD) in the session’s opening. He, among other Republicans, denounced Democrats for politicizing the issue, continuing: “Why aren’t we debating a bipartisan bill instead of a partisan solution”? Democrats are happy to create bipartisan legislation, Schumer said, but it will take awhile — the Resolution of Disapproval is a protective step in the meantime.