Issa: White House Helped Draw Up Net Neutrality Rules

expose obama ^ | 3/13/11 | Brooks Boliek, Politico

[Nachum]

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is denying a charge that White House officials improperly influenced the commission’s net neutrality rules.

In a November 2009 letter to Genachowski, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said media reports suggest “that Obama administration officials had knowledge of and potentially contributed to [the] crafting of” the controversial net neutrality rules.

Specifically, Issa noted that a 2009 American Spectator article said a draft of the net neutrality rules had been circulated to Obama administration officials — and that Genachowski and President Barack Obama made suspiciously similar remarks about the rules on Sept. 21, 2009.

Issa — then the ranking member, now the chairman of the House Oversight Committee — asked, among other things, whether then-White House economic adviser Larry Summers had had any contact with the FCC about net neutrality.

When Issa received no response to his letter, he wrote again on Dec. 29, 2010. His letters – and a response from Genachowski – were released by the FCC on Thursday.

In his response, Genachowski said that the Communications Act of 1934 “does not prohibit communications between commissioners and commission staff and members of the administration.”

[newzjunkey]

So how is that Barry has control of it, only being in office 2+ years?

Did you look up the commissioners?

Julius Genachowski 	Democrat	New York	Jun 29, 2009	 
Meredith Attwell Baker 	Republican	Texas		July 31, 2009	 
Mignon Clyburn  	Democrat	South Carolina	August 3, 2009	

There's also Robert M McDowell, Republican, Virginia, appointed Jun 1, 2006 so his term expires this summer and one vacancy because Democrat Michael J. Copps' term expired in Dec 2010.

Now tell us again how FCC is NOT in Obama's pocket?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

A letter sent on Dec. 29th and answered about March 10th. U.S. Postal “snail mail”, I guess.

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I know I’m shocked. Shocked!!

[gonzo]

http://www.ipmall.info/hosted_resources/crs/RL32589_091027.pdf .......................... FRegards

[Cheerio]

I think we are arguing the same point??? My original post concluded with And the President is ordering it what to do? ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF REASONS TO IMPEACH - NOW NOW NOW TODAY.

I was trying to say, the FCC is not subservient to the Administration, but yet the boy king is telling the FCC what to do. As to it's current makeup I was NOT trying to make a point OTHER THAN the FCC is supposed to be outside of the Admin influence.

IMPEACH NOW.