Obama Threatens to Veto Anti-Net Neutrality Resolution
Senate vote expected Thursday
The White House said Tuesday that President Obama would likely bring out his veto pen if Congress passes a resolution of disapproval that would overturn the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. The Senate is expected to vote on the resolution, which the House passed in April, on Thursday.
The resolution, which is being championed by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Tex., is not subject to the filibuster and so doesn't need to reach the Senate's de facto 60 vote threshold.
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