On October 15th, FCC chairman Ajit Pai promised that the FCC would’move forward with a rulemaking’. The all-important Internet law protects free speech online.

Pai says he’s short on time to complete the administrative steps necessary in order to resolve the rule-making. Less than three months later, he no longer plans to move forward.

Joe Biden is stepping down on January 20th, when Joe Biden becomes president of the United States. The reason he’s short on time is that he’s stepping down.

The FCC’s justification was effectively that it has the power to make whatever rules it needs to make. But that did n’t stop Pai from claiming the FCC did have the authority to do it, a political tactic that’s become so common in the Trump administration.