List of every member of congress who supports SOPA, sortable by donations

Biggest surprise among supporters: Al "Net Neutrality is the 1st Amendment issue of our time" Franken.<p>Among opponents: Bachmann.

Note that Rep. Ron Paul is the <i>only</i> current Presidential candidate that opposes SOPA.

Both California Senators (Boxer and Feinstein) are supporters (and co-sponsors!) of Protect-IP. Silicon Valley needs to make its voice heard, and soon.

No surprise about any of the Dems really: Piracy, copyright, and related issues have been issues for them for a long time, primarily due to their connections with the entertainment industry. It's too bad that they don't understand that hurting the consumer is going to kill the industries that fund them.

I was surprised there are more democrats for SOPA than there are republicans.

Can someone use this data to figure out how much it would cost to make SOPA go away and then setup a kick starter project?

To me, this is proof positive that campaign contributions are correlative but not causal.

Google, Facebook and whoever else is going on a blackout before the vote, please link to the politicians who support SOPA, too.<p>The people deserve to know it, and they need to be put against the wall for it, not only so they can't be re-elected again because of this, but also so others don't try to support it, too, fearing the backlash.

It's sad to see that for almost ever 1 SOPA opposing member on the list, there are about 4 supporting members.

Wish there was a way to view who funded them more, basically ($TV|Movie) - ($Online|Internet)

Very depressing. Almost without any exception (I admit there are a couple) every single for or against can be determined by how much money they get from the computer industry(Against) or from the Music / Movie industry (For).<p>All of this happens across party lines...

Donations of any sort to people running for office should be banned outright without exceptions. It should be worth something to tax payers that politicians cannot be bought.

This is good advice if you choose to contact someone in congress about this issue.<p><a href="http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-have-a-conversation-with-my-Senator-about-dropping-support-for-SOPA" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-have-a-conversation-with-my-Se...</a>

I contacted my senators.

Is there a site that lists all of the candidates running against pro-SOPA/PIPA representatives? Better yet, a site that allows me to give money to their opponents for the next election cycle (provided they're not pro-SOPA either)?

I would like to see the congresspeople who haven't openly supported or opposed SOPA. Those people represent opportunities for education.

What I don't understand is why these donation amounts are so low. Do these reps really only get around $25k an industry on average? Do they use these donations personally like it's extra pay or for campaign expenses? Is there a lot more money that we don't see?

I'd like to see this combined with the SOPA UPC scanner to further cross reference the manufacturer's (and their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, and...) political donations.

You know the world has gone mad when Al Franken supports SOPA and Michelle Bachman opposes it.

Alternate title: List of congressmen who have some idea of how the internet works

Reddit site has started implementing their protest. It is redirecting.

How the hell are both of California's senators FOR this bill?

republicans are more stridently in support of this measure

This might be a stupid question, but as a European not all too familiar with US political laws I have to ask:<p>How is it not corruption when senators and congressmens votes can be bought by companies or whole industries?