List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations • Hacker News Board

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by wyclif » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 5:17 PM UTC

fecklessyouth wrote: post #7

Biggest surprise among supporters: Al "Net Neutrality is the 1st Amendment issue of our time" Franken. Among opponents: Bachmann.

Al Franken is totally owned by Hollywood and the music industry. The RIAA loves Al Franken. He's a complete hypocrite. Mr. "Net Neutrality" my ass.

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by wyclif » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

CWIZO wrote: post #2

I was surprised there are more democrats for SOPA than there are republicans.

Why would that surprise you? Hollywood nearly owns the Democratic Party.

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by sgaither » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 5:22 PM UTC

GHFigs wrote: post #30

sgaither wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"...every congressmember who supports ..." There's listings by state and by bill...so everyone in the House is at: http://sopaopera.org/sopa/

I should have been clearer. I mean that lists presented on the front page aren't necessarily reflective of the whole voting Congress. One can just as easily say for every opposing member there are twenty whose opinion is unknown, which I think carries a different connotation.

Yeah but politicians who don't have to take a stance yet (i.e. by sponsoring) might just go with status quo...wasn't DMCA passed with a unanimous vote?

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by rhettg » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 5:39 PM UTC

Can someone use this data to figure out how much it would cost to make SOPA go away and then setup a kick starter project?

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by windexh8er » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 5:45 PM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #31

fecklessyouth wrote: post #7

Biggest surprise among supporters: Al "Net Neutrality is the 1st Amendment issue of our time" Franken. Among opponents: Bachmann.

Al Franken is totally owned by Hollywood and the music industry. The RIAA loves Al Franken. He's a complete hypocrite. Mr. "Net Neutrality" my ass.

Al Franken is a joke. Initially I thought he had good intent, but then I realized he's just another shit "actor" turned "politician". Unfortunately those words are more interchangeable than ever and reflects the current state of dismal affairs that is the United States government as a whole.

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by CWIZO » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 5:46 PM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #32

CWIZO wrote: post #2

I was surprised there are more democrats for SOPA than there are republicans.

Why would that surprise you? Hollywood nearly owns the Democratic Party.

I'm not from the USA and my knowledge of your political system is mostly based on the daily show (& colbert report), so it always seemed to me, that SOPA is something that the republicans would be crazy about.

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by kmfrk » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 5:51 PM UTC

jsundquist wrote: post #10

kmfrk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Makes you wonder how much worse things are going to get with the introduction of SuperPACs.

Exactly. Just imagine the cash flowing from the Movie/Music industry directly in their pockets. With that happening I don't see how it can be stopped. They will just keep trying.

I also think that instead of backing down from supporting legislature like SOPA in the future with all the backlash, they'll just stop supporting it publically.

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by ams6110 » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 6:40 PM UTC

CWIZO wrote: post #36

wyclif wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would that surprise you? Hollywood nearly owns the Democratic Party.

I'm not from the USA and my knowledge of your political system is mostly based on the daily show (& colbert report), so it always seemed to me, that SOPA is something that the republicans would be crazy about.

Those sources are definitely not unbiased. I'm sure you know this, so you need to either temper them with some Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, or seek out some neutral reporting (sadly hard to find).

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by jadoint » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 6:49 PM UTC

Is there a site that lists all of the candidates running against pro-SOPA/PIPA representatives? Better yet, a site that allows me to give money to their opponents for the next election cycle (provided they're not pro-SOPA either)?

Re: List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

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Post by knowtheory » Sun, Jan 08, 2012, 6:51 PM UTC

CWIZO wrote: post #36

wyclif wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would that surprise you? Hollywood nearly owns the Democratic Party.

I'm not from the USA and my knowledge of your political system is mostly based on the daily show (& colbert report), so it always seemed to me, that SOPA is something that the republicans would be crazy about.

From a historical perspective, the Democratic support for corporate media stretches back at least as far as Lyndon Johnson. He and his wife were television station owners, and over their lives continued to grow their media holdings.

That, presumably, is one of the reasons Johnson knew how screwed he was when he (reportedly) said "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America."

Interestingly President Johnson's wikipedia page doesn't seem to make reference to the media holdings, but his wife Lady Bird Johnson's page does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_Johnson#Business_care...