Democrats weren’t the only ones 
who were hit hard by the mid-term elections. Proponents of Net neutrality may have seen their best chance of that bill passing fade as well.
Every one of the 95 candidates who had pledged to support the bill, which would force Internet providers like Xfinity and Time Warner Cable to treat all Web content equally, fell short in their bid for the House and Senate, reports CNNMoney
Google and Verizon want to make one thing clear: There’s no 
truth to last week’s rumors that the search and telecom giants were discussing a deal that would effectively end net neutrality. Instead, they’re teaming up to try to push the concept further.
One week after gossip surfaced, suggesting Google was about to sign an agreement to pay Verizon for speedier Internet access to its services, the two companies held a hastily assembled press conference Monday, offering a joint proposal for ways to keep America’s Internet strong.
Chris Morris: Journalist 