DOPA Passed in the House

Well, it seems, according to the Center for Democracy and Technology, that DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) was passed today in the House, it now moves on to the Senate. When I heard they were trying to rush it through a few days ago, I had very little doubt it would get passed, as sad as that made me.

I sent email to my representative right when word of the bill came out, I did receive a letter response back from him. I normally have no objections to my representative, however, this particular time his response clearly indicated that he was in favor of the bill. Not only was he in favor of this bill he also told me that he voted for the CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act) when it became law in 2000. I posted the letter on my bulletin board in front of my desk at home, I'm not sure why, maybe to remind myself that the world is full of things that don't make sense.

As an aside, I've discovered a site, GovTrack, for tracking the actions of certain bills, my representative, and congress people. I've been tracking DOPA there, and since I'm also tracking my representative, it kindly told me that he voted 'aye' on the bill...as suspected.

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