[ale] OT - Looking like SOPA is dead and burried, but PIPA is still in play...

Jay Lozier jslozier at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 09:34:07 EST 2012


On 01/17/2012 09:25 AM, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
> Last I checked (and please, prove me wrong), the Senate can't pass 
> legislation without the house in lock-step. Unless they christmas tree 
> the PIPA provisions on a funding bill or something. Which wouldn't 
> surprise me.
Correct, both Houses must eventually pass identical bills at some point 
otherwise it dies.

For PIPA/SOPA to pass as an amendment to another bill it would probably 
force the bill to go to a conference committee. If one House is resolute 
enough all bets are off, it could go either way.
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Geoffrey Myers 
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
>
>     Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
>     > Would be nice if everything Mafia$oft went dark and then stayed
>     > that way, but I don't think that's part of the protest plan. :-)
>
>     +1
>
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