Republican Senator and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

If a net neutrality bill passes the House of Representatives, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it would be “dead on arrival” in the upper chamber.

The bill in question would restore the net neutrality rules implemented by former President Barack Obama in 2015, according to Reuters. On Tuesday the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the Democrats, decided to delay a vote both on that bill and a series of proposed amendments to the legislation due to an unrelated issue over a different budget provision.

The bill, which was dubbed the Save The Internet Act, later passed on Wednesday. In response, CREDO Action Campaign Manager Brandy Doyle released a statement praising the decision by saying that “today’s vote is exactly what Americans want from their representatives in Congress. The leaders who voted for net neutrality chose to side with more than 80 percent of Americans over giant corporations. People care about maintaining the Internet as an open platform accessible to everyone, and outside of Washington, net […]