White House issues veto threat for repeal of network neutrality rules

The White House on April 4 threatened to veto legislation from House Republicans that would repeal network neutrality regulations.

In a statement of administration policy, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said the president's advisers would recommend that he not sign a bill scrapping new Internet regulations from the Federal Communications Commission. "If the President is presented with a Resolution of Disapproval that would not safeguard the free and open Internet, his senior advisers would recommend that he veto the Resolution," the statement said. Network neutrality was an Obama campaign promise. OMB said scrapping the rules "would undermine a fundamental part of the Nation’s Internet and innovation strategy — an enforceable and effective policy for keeping the Internet free and open."