Republican Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai on Wednesday renewed his vow to vote no for Chairman Tom Wheeler’s “revised” net neutrality proposal.
Pai — the commission’s most-outspoken critic of the plan — posed with the newest draft he dubbed “Obama’s revised 317-page plan to regulate the Internet” underneath a picture of the president, and posted it to Twitter. (RELATED: Republican FCC Commissioners Ask Wheeler To Delay Net Neutrality Vote, Release Proposal)
Here is Pres. Obama’s revised 317-page plan to regulate the Internet. The public still can’t see it. I’m voting no. pic.twitter.com/RirBVPChmV
— Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) February 25, 2015
The commissioner posted a nearly identical tweet when commission members received their copies of the plan earlier this month, implying that little has changed in Wheeler’s plan to regulate Internet service providers as public utilities and establish government standards for content, speed and pricing — a plan Obama called on the independent agency to adopt in November. (FLASHBACK: Senator Obama: ‘Irresponsible’ For The FCC To Vote On Rules Unreleased To The Public)
Pai and his fellow commissioners will vote on the plan Thursday, which is expected pass along a partisan lines in the 3-Democrat 2-Republican commission. The plan will not be released to the public until after the vote. (RELATED: A ‘No’ Vote For The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Just Became A Possibility)