Where do your "representatives" stand?

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At day's end, +ProPublica reports more Congressmen publicly oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act

What has happened online today is unprecedented. As a result of the stand that that O'Reilly and many other organizations took, I saw stories about SOPA and PIPA bills on the evening news (along with the Daily Show and Colbert Report, on now) for the first time today.

Afterwards, my parents asked me about why Wikipedia and Google were protesting. Thankfully, I was well briefed: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/sopa-protectip.html

Moreover, at day's end ProPublica's Web application, "SOPA Opera," told an important tale.

This morning, according to ProPublica, U.S. Senators and Representatives were 80-31 for SOPA and PIPA this morning.

At day's end, SOPA and PIPA now have 68 supporters and 71 opponents.
http://projects.propublica.org/sopa/

The +OpenCongress Whip count tells a similar tale.

33 for PIPA, 36 against it.
http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Protect_IP_Act_Senate_whip_count

These bills have not been defeated — Senator Reid maintains that PIPA is slated to come up for a vote next week and Rep. Lamar Smith says he'll hold a markup of SOPA in February — but the context for their consideration is forever changed.

#sop #pipa #netfreedom

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Who in Congress Supports SOPA and PIPA/PROTECT-IP? | SOPA Opera | ProPublica
A comprehensive list of where members of Congress stand on the Stop Online Piracy and PROTECT-IP Acts.

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