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This is my first vanity in 16 years of non-lurker status (been here since Drudge mentioned Free Republic on talk radio in the 90's). Other FReepers have been posting articles on the ICANN transfer for a very long time. They have been a tireless crew, so here is my contribution to their effort. If you wish to post long arguments, please go to one of those threads. Let's try to keep our posts shorter so researchers can glance through it quickly. Or use paragraphing to separate the name of those who fought this transfer from your comment or links. Thank you JimRob and JohnRob for creating this sleek platform and for fighting to keep our Republic Free. We don't agree on every issue, but I am grateful to have access to the collected wisdom of thousands of Individuals from all over our country as congregate and talk amongst ourselves. Thanks to all who contribute to this thread.

I contacted my traitor, er, I mean, congressman, regarding this. Here was his (Scott Tipton, R - CO) reply:

Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding H.R. 5418, the Protecting Internet Freedom Act. This dialogue is important to me as your representative in Washington, and I appreciate your input.

President Obama’s administration announced in March of 2014 that the U.S. would give up its authority to oversee the internet’s domain name server (DNS). The administration spent the past two years preparing to turn over authority of the to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The administration has stopped actively overseeing the group and has allowed ICANN to abuse its monopoly over internet domains.

Since taking office I have found many of the unilateral actions of the President and his appointees to be troublesome. While the Executive Branch does have certain authority to operate independent of Congress at times, a decision of this magnitude should not be made without a vigorous debate between, and the approval of, the people’s representatives in Congress.

H.R. 5418, introduced by Representative Sean Duffy of Wisconsin, would prohibit the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information from allowing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to turn over the authority of Internet DNS functions to ICANN, whose stakeholders include many non-American government entities whose respect for the freedom of information and speech is severely lacking.

This legislation has been referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce, of which I am a member. Should H.R. 5478 or any related legislation come before the House of Representatives for a vote, please rest assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind.

In plain words, "This makes us look like we're doing something, but, like typical GOP traitorous pols, we don't give a spit!"

Here are the 33 Co-Sponsors of the Protection of Internet Freedom Bill to prohibit transferring ICANN. Behind each member is the date they Co-Sponsored. * means and Original Co-Sponsor

Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]* 06/09/2016
Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] 06/22/2016
Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1] 07/01/2016
Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] 07/01/2016
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] 07/01/2016
Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] 07/14/2016
Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7] 09/07/2016
Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] 09/07/2016
Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] 09/07/2016
Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] 09/07/2016
Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] 09/07/2016
Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] 09/07/2016
Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] 09/09/2016
Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4] 09/13/2016
Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] 09/13/2016
Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] 09/13/2016
Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1] 09/13/2016
Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14] 09/13/2016
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] 09/14/2016
Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] 09/15/2016
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] 09/15/2016
Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] 09/20/2016
Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] 09/20/2016
Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] 09/20/2016
Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] 09/20/2016

Here are the Co-Sponsors of the Protection of Internet Freedom Bill SB3034 Sponsored by Ted Cruz. Following the name is the date they co-sponsored. * means an original co-Sponsor

Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]* 06/08/2016
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]* 06/08/2016
Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] 06/15/2016
Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] 06/22/2016
Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] 09/07/2016
Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] 09/07/2016

I wish to apologize for the way this thread is going...I know you wanted a concise listing of supporters of the Bills, but instead you are getting a debate thread because some are refuting the issue...

I hope you will not let this deter you from posting more threads on this subject, or any other.

If you like, you could re-post the thread with salient posts that adhere to your thread request.