House Republicans move to block Internet management switch

A group of House Republicans introduced a bill that would prohibit the Obama Administration from moving forward with its announced plans to relinquish oversight of the technical side of the Internet's Web address system. "America shouldn’t surrender its leadership on the world stage to a ‘multistakeholder model’ that’s controlled by foreign governments," Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), one of six cosponsors of the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters, or DOTCOM, Act. Other co-sponsors are Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Joe Barton (R-TX), Bob Latta (R-OH) and Renee Ellmers (R-NC).