In the light of the Comcast brouhaha about slowing or blocking peer-to-peer file sharing, net neutrality is, once again, on the Congressional agenda.
This prediction is that the Internet Freedom Preservation Act or another similar bill that guarantees "net neutrality" will be passed by both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate during the current legislative term.
This prediction does not require the bill to actually be signed into law (ie a Presidential veto that survives an override vote does not result in failure), but it does have to be submitted to the President for his signature.
If the House and the Senate pass different versions and cannot both pass a compromise bill by the deadline then that will be considered a failure. Note: the current Congressional term ends January 3rd. This prediction will be closed on the earlier of December 10th or when Congress adjourns the current session for the December recess. The prediction will be judged immediately following the adjournment of the current session.
| Betting Closes: | Dec 10 2008 | Current Consensus: | 6.01% | Total Bets: | 32 |
| Today's Change: | 0% | ||||
| Life Time High: | 48.75% | ||||
| Life Time Low: | 6.01% |
Comments
UNFAVORABLE judgment can now be rendered.
1) The House of Congress bill HR 5353 and House of Senate bill S.215 are currently NOT the same
2. Decision has been made for vote to take place in the NEXT House of Congress
3. Decision has been made for vote to take place in the NEXT House of Senate
@TIS, please close this out. As neither has been voted and neither the House nor the Senate are voting on anything BUT the auto bailout before adjournment., judgment should be 0%.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-5353 shows that HR5353 has yet to be voted.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-215 shows that S.215 has yet to be voted.
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