House Republicans Urge Democrats to Back Net Neutrality Bills (1)

House Republicans are doubling down on their calls for Democrats to work with them on bipartisan net neutrality legislation.

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and two other GOP committee members are urging Democrats to back three Republican measures that they say would restore net neutrality principles.

“We all agree on the need to legislate baseline protections for net neutrality, open internet, or whatever new term may be coined for the consumer protection principles that are supported by Republicans and Democrats alike,” Walden wrote in a Feb. 21 letter to committee chairman ...