How Nancy Pelosi Saved the NSA Surveillance Program

Re:How Nancy Pelosi Saved the NSA Surveillance Program by jacoblyles on Thursday July 25, 2013 @08:54PM (#6105986)

Both of California's senators sponsored PIPA. Tech is a weak force compared to Hollywood, mostly because it is apathetic.

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Re:How Nancy Pelosi Saved the NSA Surveillance Program by dllthomas on Thursday July 25, 2013 @09:34PM (#6106109)

CA should be two states, at least...

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Re:How Nancy Pelosi Saved the NSA Surveillance Program by reeses on Thursday July 25, 2013 @11:54PM (#6106482)

The thing with west coast states (and others, but shut up!) is that, as they were "settled" later than other states, they tend to have very dense urban areas and very sparsely populated rural areas.

This is OK in the House, where people have reasonably proportional representation (although districting is notoriously prone to corruption), but the senate seats and electoral votes tend to belong to the urban areas.

I'd be more than happy to cede everything east of about 121ºW to Nevada. It wouldn't necessarily resolve the problem, but it just feels right.

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