Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 4:39am
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS' WIN MEANS FOR TECH
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache]
It was the narrowest of Republican margins in the U.S. Senate that doomed a crucial vote on Net neutrality earlier this year. By an 11-11 tie, a GOP-dominated committee failed in June to approve rules requiring that all Internet traffic be treated the same no matter what its "source" or "destination" might be. A similar measure also failed in the House of Representatives. But now that this week's elections have switched control of the House back to the Democrats--and they appear to have seized the Senate as well--the outlook for technology-related legislation has changed dramatically overnight. On a wealth of topics--Net neutrality, digital copyright, merger approval, data retention, Internet censorship--a Capitol Hill controlled by Democrats should yield a shift in priorities on technology-related legislation.
http://news.com.com/What+the+Democrats+win+means+for+tech/2100-1028_3-6133833.html?tag=nefd.lede
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