IP: Tauzin-Dingle Act pulled from House consideration

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:03:06 -0800
> From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger@ultradevices.com>
>
>
> From: American ISPs <aispa@processrequest.com>
> http://www.aispa.org
>
> As you know, the leadership of the House of Representatives announced
> that they were prepared this week to undertake consideration of HR
> 1542, the Tauzin-Dingell "Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment
> Act of 2001."
>
> AISPA members and opponents from the competitive industry immediately
> went to work when the announcement was made one week ago today.
> Thousands of e-mails, faxes and phone calls flooded Capitol Hill. Sue
> Ashdown visited over a dozen Hill offices, meeting with undecided
> Representatives and telecom staff, encouraging them to vote against
> the bill. An army of Bell lobbyists were also on the Hill, attempting
> to convince members that the bill needed to pass before Congress
> adjourned.
>
> In the end, they lost, and we won.
>
> House Majority Leader Dick Armey announced at 3:00 p.m. EST that HR
> 1542 was being pulled from consideration this year, and would be
> scheduled for debate in March of 2002, at the earliest. It means that
> a very, very important battle has been won, but the war is still on.
>
> On behalf of the AISPA family, thank you for all of your help and
> involvement. Often times, you wonder if you can really make a
> difference, especially when the odds are stacked so heavily against
> you. Congressman Armey's announcement proves that you can.
> --
> Robert J. Berger - UltraDevices, Inc.
> 257 Castro Street, Suite 223 Mt. View CA. 94041
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> Email: rberger@ultradevices.com  http://www.ultradevices.com

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