Big money in Net Neutrality

According to Roll Call [1], the Net Neutrality issue has bogged down passage of the new Telecom Bill as being just “too controversial (and technical) to deal with at the height of a heated election season.”  TPM has another take [2]:

But there may be another reason that the Senate's GOP leadership is holding back on the bill, the paper tells us: it's generating a ton of campaign donations to Republicans, especially helpful in tight races. Why decide an issue today, when you can make millions by putting it off?

As it happens, "net neutrality" is a dream issue for Senate fundraisers, as it pits two prodigiously deep-pocketed interests (the telecom giants on one side, the internet giants on the other) against each other. Wishing to influence the outcome, both sides are reportedly writing checks at a furious pace, fueling a "torrent of campaign cash" for the GOP.

Sigh.