[declan]

This is a continuation of our disagreement above, I know, but if you have an entity that has advanced problematic proposals multiple times when it comes to regulating technology -- and at times demonstrated a near-complete lack of understanding of what they're trying to regulate -- it's not unreasonable to apply more scrutiny to future proposals.

You're right that nobody should be making inaccurate claims about the bill (though I try to be charitable and say inaccurate claims in either direction are misunderstandings, not intentional distortions). I'm making a slightly different point, which is an argument for lower threshold to trigger scrutiny, and a higher threshold to legislate in the first place.

[snowwrestler]

My objection to this line of reasoning is that there is only one entity producing U.S. legislation, so there is no real point of comparison. One cannot even compare Congress as a whole over time, since its membership changes (however slightly) every 2 years.

Also, is there any subject for which everyone can agree that Congress is good at proposing legislation? The whole point of the legislative process is to adjudicate between competing opinions; so whether any piece of legislation is "good" or "bad" will vary, to some extent, according to the observer.

Edit to add conclusion: Each bill should be judged on its merits, not on the fact that it comes out of Congress (since that is where they all come from).