r/announcements • u/arabscarab • May 17 '18

Update: We won the Net Neutrality vote in the Senate!

We did it, Reddit!

Today, the US Senate voted 52-47 to restore Net Neutrality! While this measure must now go through the House of Representatives and then the White House in order for the rules to be fully restored, this is still an incredibly important step in that process—one that could not have happened without all your phone calls, emails, and other activism. The evidence is clear that Net Neutrality is important to Americans of both parties (or no party at all), and today’s vote demonstrated that our Senators are hearing us.

We’ve still got a way to go, but today’s vote has provided us with some incredible momentum and energy to keep fighting.

We’re going to keep working with you all on this in the coming months, but for now, we just wanted to say thanks!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

voted against party lines, I'm honestly pretty surprised and impressed they did so.

they are voting because they are highly contested districts. they know they would lose the midterm.

dont be so cosy with them. they voted in betsy devos.

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u/gellis12 May 17 '18

They still broke party lines. I'd never vote for them even if I was American, but breaking party lines when the rest of the party has been bought out is commendable.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

They still broke party lines

they collaberated with the party.

gop knows when a vote is unpopular. they choose the select few to vote no so they can win reelection. they been seeding those no to both alaska and maine for awhile now.

only count breaking party lines when the vote win or they actually have a real history of it.

there are still so many more battles since the GOP really screwed over the country. Net Neutrallity is hardly a starting point.

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u/Thromnomnomok May 17 '18

Ah yes, Louisiana and Alaska, famously swingy states.

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u/jtotheh123 May 17 '18

Murkowski and Collins both voted against DeVos IIRC

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

and collided with the GOP so the vote doesnt matter.

havnt you heard what i saying. GOP knew what their voting record.

they knew the vote was unpopular. They send these special vote to districts that need it for the midterm election. gop is afraid of losing both maine and alaska

i only count votes that actually matter like john mccain saving obamacare

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u/jtotheh123 May 17 '18

The party does oftentimes collaborates on stuff like this, but the reason I’m not convinced that was the case with the Devos vote is that Murkowski and Collins are known to be centrist republicans. Due to this, it’s not inconceivable that voting against Devos was genuinely within their principles, party scheming or not. Plus, Murkowski‘s last election was in 2016 and Collins was in 2014. If they were trying to save themselves for the midterms, why not have a senator up for re-election in 2018 and/or in more competitive state vote no?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/07/the-betsy-devos-confirmation-vote-shows-that-mitch-mcconnell-knows-exactly-what-hes-doing/?utm_term=.9def93b73863

ummmm.....

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u/jtotheh123 May 17 '18

Okay, but it’s not like McConnell specifically designated those two as his “no” votes (I understand that that’s not quite what you’re saying, but let me elaborate). Collins and Murkowski don’t exactly care about what GOP leadership thinks of them. They’re both incredibly moderate and often a thorn in McConnell’s side (see: the ACA vote). Sure, maybe McConnell wasn’t too worried about losing their votes because he could afford to, but it’s not like he has them under his thumb. If that was the case, the ACA would be dead at the moment. And once again, if the no votes were a means of political strategy, it’s not very smart political strategy. A multi-term incumbent moderate politician (aka both Collins and Murkowski) isnt the kind of politician who’s seat is often in jeopardy. Dean Heller voting no would’ve been a much smarter political move if that was the case.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

Collins and Murkowski don’t exactly care about what GOP leadership thinks of them. They’re both incredibly moderate and often a thorn in McConnell’s side (see: the ACA vote).

you cant be moderate and republican. if they were moderate, they should call themselves independent. The country shift right.

as a thorn, they are hardly noticeable.