CISPA dies in Senate - Polidicks

[URL]http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/241851-cybersecurity-act-fails-to-advance-in-senate[/URL] [quote] The long battle for cybersecurity legislation ended Thursday as the Senate failed to pass a motion to end debate on the bill. The Cybersecurity Act, introduced by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), was rejected on a 52-46 vote — 60 votes were required to move forward with the legislation. The bill's collapse likely kills any legislative action on cybersecurity this year, punting efforts to 2013. S. 3414 would have increased cyber protections for the nation's electrical grid, financial networks, transportation system and other critical infrastructure. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the bill was critical for the nation’s security, but the powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce objected to the bill. “We know how important this legislation is, we know it’s more important than getting a pat on the back from Chamber of Commerce,” Reid said Thursday before the vote. “That’s why Republicans are running like a pack of scared cats.” The defeat of the bill also deals a heavy blow to the White House, which lobbied hard for passage all year. The Obama administration held a series of classified briefings for senators to underscore the seriousness of the cyber threat facing the United States and also published a string of op-eds from defense officials urging passage of the bill. In a statement released shortly after the vote, White House press secretary Jay Carney criticized Republican opposition to the bill and called Congress's stalemate on cybersecurity "a profound disappointment." "Senate Republican opposition to this vital national security bill, coupled with the deeply-flawed House information sharing bill that threatens personal privacy while doing nothing to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, is a profound disappointment," Carney said. "Despite the President’s repeated calls for Congress to act on this legislation, and despite pleas from numerous senior national security officials from this administration and the Bush administration, the politics of obstructionism, driven by special interest groups seeking to avoid accountability, prevented Congress from passing legislation to better protect our nation from potentially catastrophic cyber-attacks." Republican senators that voted for the bill were Collins and Sens. Dick Lugar (Ind.), Dan Coats (Ind.) — who co-sponsored the rival bill — and Scott Brown (Mass.). Democrats voting against the bill were Sens. Ron Wyden (Ore.), Max Baucus (Mont.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Jon Tester (Mont.) and Reid. Reid voted against the measure as a procedural move so that he can then bring the bill back to the floor later. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Reid of not having an open process with this bill. “No one doubts the needs to strengthen our cyber defenses,” McConnell said Thursday morning. “We all recognize the problem, that’s really not the issue here, it’s the matter that the Majority Leader has tried to steamroll a bill.” Republicans also objected to the bill because they thought it would require too much from businesses. The Chamber of Commerce lobbied heavily against the legislation, despite a compromise that would have made all of the cybersecurity standards voluntary for businesses.[/quote] Finally, Republican obstructionism does something positive for the country.

Wasn't this the bill which had a High Cap Magazine Ban rider on it? If so... Excellent.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;37053260]Wasn't this the bill which had a High Cap Magazine Ban rider on it? If so... Excellent.[/QUOTE] No, if you read the article, it's another "cybersecurity" bill.

[url=http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/240657-cybersecurity-bill-includes-gun-control-measure] This is what I'm talking about by the way.[/url]

[QUOTE=michaeldim;37053339]No, if you read the article, it's another "cybersecurity" bill.[/QUOTE] bill riders usually don't have anything to do with the original bill.

Obligatory 'It'll be back'

I'll never understand why people are so eager to make a thread that they do it when they can't actually make the OP

The fact the Republicans are blocking this bill is not making me appreciate them more; they are probably doing it for a dumb reason & not because the bill itself is dumb.

What's next, SOAPPPIA?

UWANKA

[QUOTE=Greenen72;37054225]I'll never understand why people are so eager to make a thread that they do it when they can't actually make the OP[/QUOTE] Dude you try selecting, copying, pasting, and quote-tagging a large chunk of text on a Droid phone. As promised, I did fix it.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;37058611]Dude you try selecting, copying, pasting, and quote-tagging a large chunk of text on a Droid phone. As promised, I did fix it.[/QUOTE] I did that once Once [editline]3rd August 2012[/editline] Actually I did it like 3 or 4 times but w/e [editline]3rd August 2012[/editline] I can confirm it's a ballache though

[QUOTE=person11;37054377]The fact the Republicans are blocking this bill is not making me appreciate them more; they are probably doing it for a dumb reason & not because the bill itself is dumb.[/QUOTE] Wow, so you just automatically assume whatever they do is wrong? That's a terrible attitude to have. That sort of mindless hatred is what's tearing apart our bipartisan system as we speak. [editline]2nd August 2012[/editline] I mean hell I don't agree with a lot of what you guys say that doesn't mean I think you guys are dumb or evil

So the democrats attatched a gun control measure to the bill? Well that's a foolproof way to have a bill die in congress. Brilliant.

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;37058748]Wow, so you just automatically assume whatever they do is wrong? That's a terrible attitude to have. That sort of mindless hatred is what's tearing apart our bipartisan system as we speak. [editline]2nd August 2012[/editline] Republicans aren't opposed to it for privacy reasons, they're opposed because it would require businesses to actually lift a finger to protect people's data. There are some good ideas in the bill about security but it's wrapped inside a bunch of massive Big Brother privacy violations. I mean hell I don't agree with a lot of what you guys say that doesn't mean I think you guys are dumb or evil[/QUOTE]

die CIS scum

flawed system

[QUOTE=TheHydra;37059009]die CIS scum[/QUOTE] Roger Roger [img]http://images.wikia.com/banthapedia/images/a/a2/Battle_Droid.jpg[/img]

victory but it'll be back in 6 months or less who knows what it will be called but pray to god that the democrats try and slip in gun control (So they fail )

[QUOTE=Carnage2323;37059102]Roger Roger [/QUOTE] Read that in a droid voice before I even saw the pic...

Note that if you pay attention, this is CSA, not CISPA. Just a head's up.