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Re:List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sorta... by jsundquist on Sunday January 08, 2012 @10:20AM (#3439679)
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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Re:List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sorta... by kmfrk on Sunday January 08, 2012 @10:27AM (#3439701)
Makes you wonder how much worse things are going to get with the introduction of SuperPACs.
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Re:List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sorta... by jsundquist on Sunday January 08, 2012 @10:31AM (#3439711)
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.
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Re:List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sorta... by kmfrk on Sunday January 08, 2012 @12:51PM (#3440046)
I also think that instead of backing down from supporting legislature like SOPA in the future with all the backlash, they'll just stop supporting it publically.
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