(COMMON DREAM) Craig Aaron, January 18, 2017 — On Tuesday, all 47 Senate Democrats announced they would co-sponsor a “resolution of disapproval” to overturn the FCC’s Net Neutrality-killing vote last December.

Add in the pledged support from the two Senate independents as well as Republican Susan Collins, and we have 50 votes.

In other words, we need just one more vote to pass a bill in the Senate.

This is a remarkable testament to how much momentum we have in the fight to restore Net Neutrality. For one, the resolution of disapproval drafted by Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey hasn’t even been introduced yet — that can’t happen until after the FCC rules are published in the Federal Register.

This level of support is remarkable. More importantly, all this momentum is 100 percent the result of grassroots pressure — no big companies had anything to do with it.

Years of organizing by Free Press Action Fund and our allies are paying off — and, thanks to Pai’s brazen and tone-deaf assault on the open internet, a whole new generation of internet activists is mobilizing.

When I was on Capitol Hill last week, senator after senator mentioned how many young people (including their own children) were talking to them about Net Neutrality.

Politicians are hearing constantly about Net Neutrality from young voters — online whenever they tweet, on the phones ringing at their offices, and in the streets. I’ve had more than one congressional office tell me that Net Neutrality is one of the main issues motivating young people across the political spectrum, ranking right up with marijuana legalization.

This is new, and it’s upending the usual political calculus.

That doesn’t mean it won’t be an uphill fight. We still need a few more Republicans in the Senate (one more vote plus insurance). If you live in a state besides Maine with a Republican senator, they need to hear from you.

Source: What’s Next for Net Neutrality in Congress and the Courts | By Craig Aaron | Common Dreams.