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House passes CISPA bill
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 26, 2012 07:28pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | KEITH PERINE and JENNIFER MARTINEZ |
| News Date | Friday, April 27, 2012 12:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The House passed the controversial CISPA cybersecurity bill on Thursday, defying a White House veto threat and throwing the issue squarely into the Senate’s lap.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said the bill was “needed to prepare for countries like Iran and North Korea so that they don’t do something catastrophic to our networks here in America.”
The final tally was 248-168, enough to pass the bill but not enough to override the threatened veto. Forty-two Democrats voted for the measure, and 28 Republicans voted against it.
The administration and Democratic critics opposed the bill because of privacy and civil liberties concerns. |
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