List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations
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#2I was surprised there are more democrats for SOPA than there are republicans.
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#3Very depressing. Almost without any exception (I admit there are a couple) every single for or against can be determined by how much money they get from the computer industry(Against) or from the Music / Movie industry (For).
All of this happens across party lines...
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#4I was surprised there are more democrats for SOPA than there are republicans.
CWIZO,
Unfortunately many democrats live in areas where the Movie, recording industry is located...therefore they get lots of $$ from them. Thus the widespread support from both dems and republicans.
This depresses me even more:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/indus.php?cid=N00009638
Obama got almost $9 million from the Movie industry. I would suspect he would not veto it.
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#5It's sad to see that for almost ever 1 SOPA opposing member on the list, there are about 4 supporting members.
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#6I was surprised there are more democrats for SOPA than there are republicans.
Much of Hollywood/traditional media leans left. Most of the Dems against it are in the Silicon Valley.
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#7Biggest surprise among supporters: Al "Net Neutrality is the 1st Amendment issue of our time" Franken.
Among opponents: Bachmann.
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#8I was surprised there are more democrats for SOPA than there are republicans.
CWIZO, Unfortunately many democrats live in areas where the Movie, recording industry is located...therefore they get lots of $$ from them. Thus the widespread support from both dems and republicans. This depresses me even more: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/indus.php?cid=N00009638 Obama got almost $9 million from the Movie industry. I would suspect he would not veto it.
Makes you wonder how much worse things are going to get with the introduction of SuperPACs.
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#9Biggest surprise among supporters: Al "Net Neutrality is the 1st Amendment issue of our time" Franken. Among opponents: Bachmann.
Sadly the support for it is directly connected to where they get their money from (For democrats and republicans).
Here is Bachmann's top sources of donations:
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N0002...
Notice no Movie/Music Industry in the top 5
Then here is Franken's:
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N0002...
Time Warner is his number one supporter. I would imagine that they are for it.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
CWIZO, Unfortunately many democrats live in areas where the Movie, recording industry is located...therefore they get lots of $$ from them. Thus the widespread support from both dems and republicans. This depresses me even more: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/indus.php?cid=N00009638 Obama got almost $9 million from the Movie industry. I would suspect he would not veto it.
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.