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<h1 class="" style="font-size:1.75rem;margin:0.2rem 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px;line-height:1.2">Republicans Uneasy About ICANN Decision, Schedule Hearing</h1><p class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6">
March 18, 2014, 5:14 PM PDT</p></div><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0.625rem;width:219.984375px;float:right"><div class="" style="padding:0px;width:auto;max-width:none"><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0.625rem;width:219.984375px;float:left">
<div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px"><p class="" style="margin:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px;font-family:inherit;font-weight:600;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6">By Amy Schatz<span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal">As expected, Republicans are</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal"> </span><a href="http://recode.net/2014/03/14/u-s-to-give-up-key-internet-governance-role/" style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:inherit;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(198,0,24);text-decoration:none">starting</a><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal"> </span><a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-326087A1.pdf" style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:inherit;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(198,0,24);text-decoration:none">to</a><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal"> </span><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373578/handing-over-keys-internet-charles-c-w-cooke" style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:inherit;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(198,0,24);text-decoration:none">fret</a><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal"> somewhat over the Obama administration’s</span><a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions" style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:inherit;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(198,0,24);text-decoration:none">announcement</a><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal">late Friday that the U.S. plans to give up oversight of ICANN, the Internet management body, in 2015. Conservatives have argued in the past that the U.S. needs to protect what control it has over the Internet and keep countries like China and Russia, which limit what citizens can see online, from making oversight decisions. House Energy and Commerce Republicans</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal"> </span><a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/press-release/committee-leaders-pledge-robust-oversight-administration-announcement-future-internet" style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:inherit;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(198,0,24);text-decoration:none">said</a><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal"> Tuesday they’ll “conduct aggressive oversight” over the decision and plan to hold a hearing in early April.</span></p>
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