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Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is attempting to block the telecom bill (S. 2686).  Please call Senator Wyden at his DC office (202) 224-5244 and at his Portland office at (503) 326-7525. Tell him to stop being an obstructionist, and to allow the telecom bill to proceed to the Senate floor for an up or down vote!

Here is the latest report from Congress Daily: 

Before the Commerce panel approved the measure 15-7 Wednesday, proponents narrowly defeated a so-called network neutrality amendment. The provision, by Sens. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., could become a major sticking point during debate. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has already placed a procedural hold on the legislation because the stronger net neutrality language was excluded. Stevens included limited net neutrality in the legislation to stop the Bell telecommunications firms and cable operators from blocking Web sites based on political affiliation. But it would not keep them from charging fees to preferred businesses for speedier Internet delivery. The Snowe-Dorgan proposal would have prohibited Bell and cable companies from treating Internet traffic differently based on source, destination or ownership.

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