IP Democracy: Telecom Turf Battle Brewing Between House Committees

National Journal’s David Hatch has this item about a telecom turf battle brewing in the House which has all the earmarks of a push by net neutrality advocates to gain some leverage in their faltering efforts to influence telecom reform legislation. The House Judiciary Committee headed by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), a telco critic, plans to hold hearings this spring on communications policy, pitting Judiciary against the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is moving ahead with its own telecom bill.

The efforts by the Judiciary Committee are focused on antitrust and industry consolidation (the committee has also formed a task force on telecom and antitrust) and, according to Hatch’s piece, could likely include net neutrality provisions favored by Internet companies such as Yahoo, Google and Amazon.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on March 17, 2006 8:12 AM to IP Democracy