Democrat Representative of the 7th district of Massachusetts, Edward J. Markey, introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 to the Congress on July 31, 2009. It has twenty-seven cosponsors including two from his home state and several from California. There are no Arizona cosponsors.
Similar bills—two in the 110th Congress and one in the 109th—are all dead.
The last major action occurred September 8th of last year when it was referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
The bulk of the findings relate economic reasons for keeping the web open and do not address the very basic First Amendment right against censorship. It does seem to keep the Internet open for activities such as TEA party sites, political views and so forth.
With non-elected FCC officials attempting a power grab very shortly, it might be time to use the phone and Internet to contact your representatives from your districts in Arizona and tell them to get on the ball and revive this legislation and get it to the floor for a vote.
You might have more success contacting the incoming representative of the State.
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