Today, the Federal Communications Commission met to vote on what is likely to be a repeal of net neutrality, an Obama-era regulation that prevented internet-service providers from charging more to access certain kinds of content or to create “fast lanes” for certain sites.
Supporters of repealing net neutrality, including Trump-appointed FCC head Ajit Pai, say that net neutrality is a regulatory burden. Critics of this push to repeal current net neutrality policies say rolling it back will allow telecom companies to exploit consumers with higher fees and disadvantage individuals and small businesses because larger corporations would be able to pay for their sites to be seen faster and more prominently.
On Wednesday, 107 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to the FCC supporting Pai’s plan to repeal. Motherboard posted a a list of the 84 members whose signatures were legible, along with the amount of campaign contributions they’ve accepted from the telecom industry:
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Mo Brooks, Alabama, $26,000
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Ron Estes, Kansas, $13,807
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Thomas Massie, Kentucky, $25,000
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Ralph Norman, South Carolina, $15,050
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John Moolenaar, Michigan, $25,000
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Neal Dunn, Florida, $18,500
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Mike Bishop, Michigan, $68,250
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Alex Mooney, West Virginia, $17,750
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Glenn “GT” Thompson, Pennsylvania, $70,500
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Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri, $105,000
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Paul Gosar, Arizona, $12,250
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Richard W. Allen, Georgia, $24,250
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Kevin Cramer, North Dakota, $168,500
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Greg Walden, Oregon, $1,605,986
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Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, $600,999
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Billy Long, Missouri, $221,500
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Gregg Harper, Mississippi, $245,200
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Brett Guthrie, Kentucky, $398,500
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Bill Johnson, Ohio, $196,666
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Jeff Duncan, South Carolina, $41,830
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Earl “Buddy” Carter, Georgia, $39,250
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Susan Brooks, Indiana, $168,500
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Gus Bilirakis, Florida, $234,400
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Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma, $141,750
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Mimi Walters, California, $161,500
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Joe Barton, Texas, $1,262,757
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Bill Flores, Texas, $127,500
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Pete Olson, Texas, $220,500
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Morgan Griffith, Virginia, $198,900
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Tim Walberg, Michigan, $131,850
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Fred Upton, Michigan, $1,590,125
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Joe Wilson, South Carolina, $104,750
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Martha McSally, Arizona, $84,936
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Blake Farenthold, Texas, $64,250
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Steve Womack, Arkansas, $104,750
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Tom Marino, Pennsylvania, $130,700
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Louie Gohmert, Texas, $85,055
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Walter Jones, North Carolina, $72,800
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Leonard Lance, New Jersey, $290,550
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Steve Chabot, Ohio, $332,083
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Bob Goodlatte, Virginia, $815,099
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Andy Biggs, Arizona, $19,500
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Mark Walker, North Carolina, $35,750
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Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin, $21,200
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Ken Buck, Colorado, $79,350
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Larry Bucshon, Indiana, $71,750
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Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee, $42,00
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David Rouzer, North Carolina, $34,300
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Paul Mitchell, Michigan, $18,000
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Hal Rogers, Kentucky, $360,450
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Doug Collins, Georgia, $103,600
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Ralph Abraham, Louisiana, $27,300
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Mark Meadows, North Carolina, $14,500
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Michael McCaul, Texas, $216,500
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Jeb Hensarling, Texas, $270,198
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Mike Simpson, Idaho, $125,200
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Tom Emmer, Minnesota, $28,500
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Randy Weber, Texas, $13,750
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Rob Woodall, Georgia, $60,250
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Ted Budd, North Carolina, $15,500
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Ken Calvert, California, $219,212
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Diane Black, Tennessee, $104,750
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Virginia Foxx, North Carolina, $115,700
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Sam Johnson, Texas, $219,785
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James Comer, Kentucky, $22,750
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Trey Gowdy, South Carolina, $83,250
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Lamar Smith, Texas, $810,462
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Steven A King, Iowa, $210,810
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George Holding, North Carolina, $97,750
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Rob Wittman, Virginia, $57,250
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John Lee Ratcliffe, Texas, $53,950
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Jason Lewis, Minnesota, $21,050
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Jim Banks, Indiana, $16,303
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Bill Huizenga, Michigan, $34,000
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Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania, $202,500
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Steven Russell, Oklahoma, $23,500
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Adrian Smith, Nebraska, $165,834
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Jody B Hice, Georgia, $21,000
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Richard Hudson, North Carolina, $136,750
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Douglas L Lamborn, Colorado, $110,543
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Chris Collins, New York, $151,060
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Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Washington, $673,530
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Brad Wenstrup, Ohio, $33,750
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Andy Barr, Kentucky, $51,100
