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House Judiciary Chair Rolls Back Many Elements of SOPA
Clearly responding to pressure from Internet giants and a growing coalition of activists, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) amended his legislation on Internet copyrights yesterday,...
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House Judiciary Adjourns Without Final Vote on SOPA
The House Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned today without completing work on the Stop Online Piracy Act, an unexpected twist in the high stakes battle between Hollywood content providers and...
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SOPA and PIPA Watered Down
In what looks like a victory for the grassroots anti-Internet censorship coalition, the sponsors of two bills moving through Congress, PIPA (Protect IP Act) in the Senate and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy...
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PIPA Dead in its Current Form UPDATE: Postponed
PIPA will not survive next week. The latest whip count from Open Congress shows 45 Senators now opposed to the legislation, with 41 of those on the record in the media. That would be enough to stop the...
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Obama’s Comments on the Supreme Court Were Not a Threat
Before Republicans get around to whining about what Obama said about their budget, they have to complete their whine about what Obama said yesterday about the Supreme Court. The President intimated...
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Rep. Lamar Smith Tries to Downplay Deportations, Citing Technicalities
This is pretty funny. Republicans are so desperate to paint President Obama as a soft-border friend to the undocumented, they’re trying to redefine the word “deportation.” Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is...
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Republican Increase in Visas to Foreign Graduates at US Schools Comes With...
In one of their last acts before going home to campaign, House Republicans will pass a bill today that would increase the level of high-skill immigrants allowed to stay in the country. It would expand...
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