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by toyg 5263 days ago
Yup. Translation from CongressSpeak: "Lamar Smith (head of Judiciary Committee) had rigged everything just right, but we got caught out, folks, and now there's too much shit flying 'round. Reid, dude, let's wait a month or two and come back when nobody is watching, ok? Don't worry, we'll still cash those cheques."
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Lamar Smith is a Representative and not a Senator. His committee has nothing to do with PIPA. If you're going to win this battle, then you need to get your facts correct.
While you are correct about him being a Representative, I don't see anyone saying he did PIPA. He is, however, the one who came out with SOPA, being the House Judiciary Committee Chairman.

Anyhow, I tried to bump you out of grey. It is important to have our facts straight.

I may have overreacted, but the rest of the comments are all about PIPA and the Senate.