Critics of the FCC's rollback of net-neutrality regulations were buoyed Tuesday (July 17) by the first Republican to agree to back an effort to restore the rules.  

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) said he would back the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution nullifying the FCC's deregulatory Restoring Internet Freedom Order, and also introduced a bill that would replace the Title II regime that the resolution would restore with a new Communications Act Title VIII-based regime, with the FCC authorized to enforce it.

Neither the​ CRA nor Coffman's bill are likely to succeed, but that wasn't stopping groups from applauding the effort or taking it as a sign that there was movement in the right direction.