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Congressional Review Act (CRA) was passed under Republican control of

Nov. 19, 2017 by Ella Pickett

Congressional Review Act (CRA) was passed under Republican control of both houses of the US Congress in 2009. The final bill passed the Senate in 2012, but was stalled in the House before ending up in the House. In 2014, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill that would have extended the FCC's current rules for a total of 21 more years. The Senate passed a similar bill in 2015 but had to vote against and was blocked from moving forward in the House.

Net neutrality activist groups continue to claim that they're the first group to demand that the US FCC repeal its net neutrality rule before it gets to work on its replacement.

According to CNET, the two issues were never considered during the final vote, but that's not stopping the FCC from having to work at its own pace to meet its commitments.

But many people who are concerned that the FCC could be taking the action it promised to, like former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler, remain optimistic that the FCC will be able to deliver a replacement.

"The FCC has been slow to act and it looks like it's going to take some time for them to act," said a Wheeler aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.

As for the FCC's role in the current FCC debacle, Wheeler claimed in February that if he were president and the agency had been able to "work on a replacement" "it would be very easy to fix," but that hasn't been possible.

That's not the case. In fact, Wheeler has said that if he were re-elected, he would replace the FCC with a commission that is more flexible and more accountable to the people than the current government led by President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan.

"The goal is to deliver the best possible service, not just to the people," he said.

It's possible that many US representatives will eventually vote for the same bill in a vote that's only now coming up. But that doesn't mean that the bill hasn't already been passed by Congress. In fact, after all, the FCC has been involved in negotiations for nearly seven years before finally getting their act together, and the bill's supporters have spent months lobbying the US House of Representatives to give them the support they need to pass their bill without delay.In a stunning reversal, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that California will not be compelled to extend a $20 billion settlement with the state's largest employer, Boeing Co. because of a lawsuit it filed last year against