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WASHINGTON — The SavetheInternet.com Coalition today delivered more than 1 million petitions and letters from average Americans to Capitol Hill, urging Congress to protect Net Neutrality and stand firm against efforts by phone and cable companies to control the Internet.

WASHINGTON — Independent singer-songwriters Jill Sobule, Kay Hanley (founder of the band Letters to Cleo) and Michelle Lewis have “banded” together to show the importance of Internet freedom to new and independent artists.

WASHINGTON – The likely harm to consumers and the Internet economy if Congress abandons “Network Neutrality” will be substantial, according to a new economic analysis released today by Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America and Free Press.

WASHINGTON — Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott will testify today on behalf of Free Press, Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at a hearing on the Communications, Consumer’s Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006 (S. 2686).

Federal Communications Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will visit Asheville, N.C., on June 28 to listen to local citizens’ concerns about media consolidation. This “Town Meeting on the Future of the Media” is a rare opportunity for the public to participate directly in crafting media policies that serve their community.

WHAT: Town Meeting on the Future of Media

WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. House passed the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement (COPE) Act without meaningful network neutrality provisions promoted by the diverse, right-left www.savetheinternet.com coalition of public interest and business groups.

Washington, D.C. — Consumer groups decried House passage late today of telecommunications legislation that will leave many consumers worse off, facing cable rate hikes, declines in service quality, inadequate consumer protections, and reduced access to competitive Internet content and services.

Washington - Free Press, the national, nonpartisan media reform group, denounced today’s vote by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education to slash $115 million in federal funding from the budget for public broadcasting, a 23 percent decrease from the previously-approved 2007 appropriation.

Washington, D.C. — Expressing the views of more than 1 million Americans, 35 groups, including Common Cause, Free Press, Consumers Union, the American Library Association and the Christian Coalition, formally asked the House Rules Committee to permit House members to vote on amendments to preserve a free and open Internet.

WASHINGTON — In a new report released today, Free Press, Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America debunk a dozen industry myths and call on Congress to protect the public interest by passing meaningful, enforceable protections for Network Neutrality.