My Body, My Data Act Tackles Online Privacy in Wake of Roe vs. Wade Decision

Re:My Body, My Data Act Tackles Online Privacy in Wake of Ro... by nobody9999 on Monday June 27, 2022 @06:07PM (#31901485)

>Given the filibuster in the Senate, this bill is more about messaging and fundraising than actually trying to pass a bill.

Based on previous actions, should the Rs take control of the Senate, they will remove the filibuster. And if they then lose control, they will take a page out of Wisconsin's playbook[0] (ultimately unsuccessfully[1]) and put it back before the Ds take control again.

[0] https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/gop-controlled-s...

[1] https://www.npr.org/2019/03/21/705536383/wisconsin-governors...

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Re:My Body, My Data Act Tackles Online Privacy in Wake of Ro... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Monday June 27, 2022 @06:10PM (#31901515)

I don’t think they will actually remove the filibuster.

Most of the things Republicans care about such as cutting taxes and confirming judges can be done without the filibuster (see reconciliation and how the filibuster is no longer for judges).

For the Democrats, much of what they want to do is vulnerable to filibuster, so the Republicans will act like the legislative filibuster is sacrosanct, since it doesn’t really birth them and cripples the Democrats.

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Re:My Body, My Data Act Tackles Online Privacy in Wake of Ro... by nobody9999 on Monday June 27, 2022 @06:18PM (#31901600)

Those are fair points. And you may well be right.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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Re:My Body, My Data Act Tackles Online Privacy in Wake of Ro... by anigbrowl on Monday June 27, 2022 @06:12PM (#31901544)

Reasonable summary. D's don't seem to understand how power games are played, leading to a lot of discourse like this:

  D: You said X and did Y, you are hypocrites
  R: Yes
  D: I hope people voote harder for us next time
  R: LOL

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