{"id":25446,"date":"2012-01-16T07:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/congressfolk-responding-to-voter-pressure-inconceivable.html"},"modified":"2012-01-16T20:31:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T03:31:18","slug":"congressfolk-responding-to-voter-pressure-inconceivable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/16\/congressfolk-responding-to-voter-pressure-inconceivable.html","title":{"rendered":"Congressfolk responding to voter pressure? Inconceivable!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hopefully this won't just mean some simple cosmetic changes to profoundly awful bill. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is good news indeed. Keep it up!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnder voter pressure, members of Congress backpedal (hard) on SOPA<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe public outcry over the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act seems to have gotten so loud that even members of Congress can hear it. On Thursday we covered the news that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) was expressing second thoughts about SOPA's DNS provisions. He said he changed his mind after he "heard from a number of Vermonters" on the issue.<\/p>\n

On Friday, several Republicans started backpedaling as well.<\/p>\n

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Hopefully this won't just mean some simple cosmetic changes to profoundly awful bill. #ddtb Reshared post from +Les Jenkins This is good news indeed. Keep it up! Embedded Link Under voter pressure, members of Congress backpedal (hard) on SOPA The public outcry over the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act seems to have … Continue reading “Congressfolk responding to voter pressure? 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