WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have pushed legislation through the House that would bar the government from regulating rates that high-speed Internet service providers charge consumers.

House approval came on a near party-line 241-173 vote. With the Senate yet to act and facing a promised veto from the Obama administration, the measure faces long odds of enactment.

Federal Communications Commission has said it has no intention of regulating broadband Internet service rates. Republicans argued that the Obama administration could not be trusted and said the bill would enshrine that principle into law so the commission could not change its mind in the future.

Republicans say competition could be stifled unless lawmakers bar the government from retroactively reviewing rates that broadband providers have imposed.

Democrats say the bill’s language is too broad and could weaken the FCC’s ability to protect consumers. They also say it could erode the net neutrality rules the commission adopted last year, which require service providers to treat all Web traffic the same, such as barring telephone and cable companies from intentionally slowing some content.