Ajit Pai thanks Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules [telecom]

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Ajit Pai thanks Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules

Democratic effort to reverse repeal fell short as Congressional session ended.

By Jon Brodkin - 1/2/2019, 3:39 PM

Ajit Pai today celebrated a victory in his ongoing quest to prevent the US government from enforcing net neutrality rules.

The Pai-led Federal Communications Commission repealed Obama-era net neutrality rules, but the repeal could have been reversed by Congress if it acted before the end of its session. Democrats won a vote to reverse the repeal in the Senate but weren't able to get enough votes in the House of Representatives before time ran out.