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As has been reported, the House Judiciary Committee passed the Internet Freedom & Non-Discrimination Act" Thursday by a vote of 20 to 13. With over 750,000 people petitioning Congress to prevent broadband discrimination it's rather incredible that some representatives still voted against this bill. Given that this issue has huge bi-partisan support, and cuts across the political spectrum, forging, amazingly an incredibly strong left-right coalition of supporters, why did the Republican party organize many of its Judiciary committee members to vote against the bill? Interested in finding out how representatives voted? Here's the tally:

    Judiciary Committee: HR 5417, the Internet Freedom & Non-Discrimination Act

    Hon. Sensenbrenner Jr. (R) Wisconsin, 5th Aye
    Hon. Hyde (R) Illinois, 6th --not voting--
    Hon. Coble (R) North Carolina, 6th No
    Hon. Smith (R) Texas, 21st No
    Hon. Gallegly (R) California, 24th No
    Hon. Goodlatte (R) Virginia, 6th Aye
    Hon. Chabot (R) Ohio, 1st No
    Hon. Lungren (R) California, 3rd Aye
    Hon. Jenkins (R) Tennessee, 1st Aye
    Hon. Cannon (R) Utah, 3rd Aye
    Hon. Bachus (R) Alabama, 6th No
    Hon. Inglis (R) South Carolina, 4th Aye
    Hon. Hostettler (R) Indiana, 8th No
    Hon. Green (R) Wisconsin, 8th No
    Hon. Keller (R) Florida, 8th No
    Hon. Issa (R) California, 49th No
    Hon. Flake (R) Arizona, 6th --not voting--
    Hon. Pence (R) Indiana, 6th --not voting--
    Hon. Forbes (R) Virginia, 4th No
    Hon. King (R) Iowa, 5th No
    Hon. Feeney (R) Florida, 24th No
    Hon. Franks (R) Arizona, 2nd No
    Hon. Gohmert (R) Texas, 1st --not voting--
    Hon. Conyers Jr. (D) Michigan, 14th Aye
    Hon. Berman (D) California, 28th Aye
    Hon. Boucher (D) Virginia, 9th Aye
    Hon. Nadler (D) New York, 8th Aye
    Hon. Scott (D) Virginia, 3rd Aye
    Hon. Watt (D) North Carolina, 12th --not voting--
    Hon. Lofgren (D) California, 16th Aye
    Hon. Jackson Lee (D) Texas, 18th Aye
    Hon. Waters (D) California, 35th Aye
    Hon. Meehan (D) Massachusetts, 5th --not voting--
    Hon. Delahunt (D) Massachusetts, 10th Present
    Hon. Wexler (D) Florida, 19th Aye
    Hon. Weiner (D) New York, 9th Aye
    Hon. Schiff (D) California, 29th Aye
    Hon. Sánchez (D) California, 39th Aye
    Hon. Van Hollen (D) Maryland, 8th Aye
    Hon. Wasserman Schultz (D) Florida, 20th Aye

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