Democratic Reps Who Haven't Supported Net Neutrality Yet Have All Taken Money from Telecoms

The Democratic Reps staying mum on network neutrality have all taken campaign contributions from major telecommunication companies, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Democratic Reps have until Dec 10 to get 218 signatures for the Congressional Review Act that would overturn Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's Restoring Internet Freedom order. This would require every Democratic Rep and a few Republican Reps. So far, the CRA has 177 signatures, which leaves 18 Democratic Reps who have yet to sign it. FEC filings show that each of those Reps has taken thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from one or more major telecom companies, including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), an ISP trade group. The only exception is Rep Joseph Morelle (D-NY), who won a special election in Nov to fill a vacant seat and was recently sworn in -- he intends to sign the CRA.