Note that this is only necessary because the 2018 Republican Congress voted to a...

reaperducer · on May 31, 2019

You seem to be under the impression that this didn't happen before 2018.

This has been going on for a very very long time.

guelo · on May 31, 2019

The FCC passed a regulation to stop the practice and Congress voted to overturn that regulation.

dmix · on June 1, 2019

...so it was happening before 2018. And therefore has nothing to do with that bill because it was never law?

guelo · on June 1, 2019

...so if Congress had not taken that 2018 vote this Maine legislation would not be necessary. Just like I said.

dmix · on June 1, 2019

That’s what you should have said then, instead of they changed something which resulted in this.

mlindner · on May 31, 2019

Which isn't even technically possible in the first place. So voting to allow it doesn't do anything

burtonator · on May 31, 2019

Gotta make it easier for the Russians to target you.

dang · on May 31, 2019

"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."

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