Public Citizen: Keep Net Neutrality Rider Off Budget Bill

Now that there is a budget bill framework, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, budget committees in both the House and Senate will need to rewrite their respective appropriations bills to add to that framework. But those bills are loaded with riders, including one on the Federal Communications Commission appropriation that would invalidate the FCC's Title II-based network neutrality rules. Public Citizen, for one, is advising a no-rider policy for the budget bill, and singled out that rider for special mention.

Saying "inappropriate policy riders" have been attached by the hundreds, it lists six, including one that would "roll back strong net neutrality rules and prevent the US Federal Communications Commission from enforcing rules that ensure Internet openness and affordability," Public Citizen said.