Proponents of net neutrality protest against Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai last year. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The resolution the Senate passed Wednesday that would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission’s net-neutrality rules may ultimately go nowhere.
But this issue isn’t going away.
And one day, likely in the not-too-distant future, net neutrality protections will be the law of the land again — this time for good.
Support for the open internet rules has only grown over time, both among the public and in the Beltway. And the more people know about the rules and what purpose they serve, the more they like and back them, no matter which side of the political aisle they’re on.
