Net neutrality scoreboard shows how much House members take from telecom giants

Internet advocates have updated a scoreboard they have compiled that shows internet users how efforts to overturn the Federal Communications Commission decision to rescind network neutrality protections in 2017 are working. The scoreboard, which has been used in some form for months and was created by a coalition of internet rights groups called Battle For The Net, allows users to select their state and see whether or not their lawmakers have voiced support for the Congressional Review Act (CRA) effort, which needs a simple majority in the House of Representatives to pass. A similar CRA passed 52 to 47 in the Senate earlier this summer. Currently, according to the scoreboard, 177 lawmakers have voiced support for the CRA, making it 41 votes shy of reaching the threshold needed to pass. Last week, the first Republican lawmaker in the House signed onto the CRA when Rep Mike Coffman (R-C)) said he would back the movement to restore net neutrality rules.