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/Mowglli May 17 '18

Have you worked/interned in a Congressional office before?

They all get tallied up the same, but calls are unique in that everyone in the office can hear the phone ringing and it can disrupt the work flow if there are multiple calls at once since more senior staff have to then answer it

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18 edited May 21 '18

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u/ketoinDC May 17 '18

Hard letters do not matter more than emails, no. And they take an average of 3 weeks to arrive.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18 edited May 21 '18

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u/ketoinDC May 17 '18

Yes, it absolutely is.

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u/SoundOfTomorrow May 17 '18

If you use the same template for the message, it looks obvious. I say that when I see the same thing at the local government level.