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The PIPA Bill

S.968 – Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011

The current tally of U.S. Senate members who have (or haven't) taken a public stance regarding PIPA
(See the full list)

Support31
Oppose22
Leaning No15
Unknown32

Latest Action

12/17/2011 – Motion to proceed in consideration of bill (which was approved by the committee in May).

Upcoming Action

1/20/2012Indefinitely postponed.

Summary

PIPA, a shorthand term for the PROTECT-IP Act, is the Senate version of SOPA. Sites such as Google would be ordered to remove listings of "rogue websites operated and registered overseas" that are found to be dedicated to copyright infringement.

PIPA is a rewrite of last year's Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (also introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy), which didn't reach a full Senate vote. Forty senators have co-sponsored PIPA but it faces a filibuster attempt by Sen. Ron Wyden. Wyden has also proposed an alternative bill called the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act.

Roll Call

This is the full list of members in the U.S. Senate and their positions regarding PIPA. Click on a row to read more details about a lawmaker.

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Name Party State 2010 Campaign $
Movies/Music/TV
2010 Campaign $
Computers/Internet
Years Served SOPA /
PIPA Stance
Akaka, Daniel D HI $1,000 21 Undecided
Alexander, Lamar R TN $1,000 $3,000 9 Yes
Ayotte, Kelly R NH $55,900 $59,216 1 No
Barrasso, John R WY $12,500 $1,000 5 Unknown
Baucus, Max D MT $4,000 $24,000 33 Unknown
Begich, Mark D AK $5,000 $4,000 3 No
Bennet, Michael D CO $367,733 $162,575 3 Leaning No
Bingaman, Jeff D NM $2,000 $1,750 29 Yes
Blumenthal, Richard D CT $154,066 $52,150 1 Yes
Blunt, Roy R MO $154,166 $64,238 1 No
Boozman, John R AR $13,150 $9,346 1 No
Boxer, Barbara D CA $571,600 $348,691 19 Yes
Brown, Sherrod D OH $9,150 $21,350 5 Yes
Brown, Scott R MA $36,255 $153,050 3 No
Burr, Richard R NC $67,150 $66,288 7 Leaning No
Cantwell, Maria D WA $7,650 $24,838 11 No
Cardin, Benjamin D MD $7,000 $5,500 5 Leaning No
Carper, Thomas D DE $1,400 $7,030 11 Unknown
Casey, Bob D PA $75,800 $12,100 5 Yes
Chambliss, Saxby R GA -$5,000 $1,250 9 Leaning No
Coats, Daniel R IN $36,200 $26,714 1 Unknown
Coburn, Tom R OK $41,500 $25,800 7 Leaning No
Cochran, Thad R MS 33 Yes
Collins, Susan R ME $4,750 $5,000 15 Undecided
Conrad, Kent D ND $3,500 $1,000 25 Unknown
Coons, Christopher D DE $92,700 $23,950 3 Yes
Corker, Bob R TN $21,250 $7,600 5 Yes
Cornyn, John R TX $18,150 $21,800 9 Leaning No
Crapo, Michael R ID $33,500 $53,670 13 Unknown
DeMint, Jim R SC $56,500 $50,950 7 No
Durbin, Richard D IL $13,050 $5,000 15 Yes
Enzi, Michael R WY $2,000 15 Yes
Feinstein, Dianne D CA $54,750 $33,300 19 Yes
Franken, Al D MN $88,900 $30,300 3 Yes
Gillibrand, Kirsten D NY $360,541 $217,750 3 Leaning No
Graham, Lindsey R SC $21,993 $5,250 9 Yes
Grassley, Charles R IA $111,150 $92,976 31 Leaning No
Hagan, Kay D NC $21,000 $15,000 3 Yes
Harkin, Tom D IA $27,400 $2,000 27 Unknown
Hatch, Orrin R UT $37,300 $20,500 35 No
Heller, Dean R NV $36,800 $7,500 1 Unknown
Hoeven, John R ND $37,500 $41,355 1 Unknown
Hutchison, Kay R TX $2,500 $2,000 19 Unknown
Inhofe, James R OK $1,000 $6,900 19 No
Inouye, Daniel D HI $99,900 $61,500 43 Undecided
Isakson, Johnny R GA $97,400 $74,000 7 Yes
Johanns, Mike R NE $6,500 $5,750 3 No
Johnson, Tim D SD $2,500 15 Yes
Johnson, Ron R WI $20,400 $20,550 1 Unknown
Kerry, John D MA $46,700 $23,250 27 Unknown
Kirk, Mark R IL $75,900 $49,850 3 Leaning No
Klobuchar, Amy D MN $32,200 $25,823 5 Yes
Kohl, Herb D WI 23 Yes
Kyl, Jon R AZ $8,500 $12,500 17 Yes
Landrieu, Mary D LA $2,500 $11,350 15 Yes
Lautenberg, Frank D NJ $5,500 -$1,000 27 Undecided
Leahy, Patrick D VT $346,056 $140,620 37 Yes
Lee, Mike R UT $16,500 $63,800 1 Leaning No
Levin, Carl D MI 33 Unknown
Lieberman, Joseph I CT $4,800 $8,250 23 Yes
Lugar, Richard R IN $550 35 Unknown
Manchin III, Joe D WV $34,200 $33,750 3 Unknown
McCain, John R AZ $104,472 $116,318 25 Yes
McCaskill, Claire D MO $44,475 $24,300 5 Leaning No
McConnell, Mitch R KY $21,200 $30,250 27 Unknown
Menendez, Robert D NJ $53,150 $33,500 6 Leaning No
Merkley, Jeff D OR $9,500 $23,050 3 No
Mikulski, Barbara D MD $22,866 $51,050 25 Leaning No
Moran, Jerry R KS $23,250 $16,743 1 No
Murkowski, Lisa R AK $50,900 $19,050 11 No
Murray, Patty D WA $99,166 $363,129 19 Unknown
Nelson, Bill D FL $17,750 $18,100 11 Yes
Nelson, Ben D NE $24,200 $2,000 11 Undecided
Paul, Rand R KY $14,300 $53,195 1 No
Portman, Rob R OH $81,265 $148,500 1 Unknown
Pryor, Mark D AR $250 $9,000 9 No
Reed, Jack D RI 15 Unknown
Reid, Harry D NV $500,300 $299,448 25 Yes
Risch, Jim R ID $2,500 $1,250 3 Yes
Roberts, Pat R KS $5,800 $7,250 15 No
Rockefeller IV, John D WV $31,000 $7,500 27 Unknown
Rubio, Marco R FL $55,050 $94,107 1 No
Sanders, Bernard I VT $11,550 $5,591 5 Leaning No
Schumer, Charles D NY $494,325 $291,384 13 Yes
Sessions, Jeff R AL $1,000 $3,000 15 Leaning No
Shaheen, Jeanne D NH $3,250 $16,500 3 Yes
Shelby, Richard R AL $28,000 $101,250 25 Unknown
Snowe, Olympia R ME $22,500 $10,000 17 Undecided
Stabenow, Debbie D MI $20,600 $26,100 11 Unknown
Tester, Jon D MT $20,300 $4,850 5 Unknown
Thune, John R SD $97,915 $80,300 7 Unknown
Toomey, Patrick R PA $43,500 $82,222 1 No
Udall, Mark D CO $4,375 $9,000 4 No
Udall, Tom D NM $11,500 $2,000 4 Yes
Vitter, David R LA $74,850 $26,502 7 No
Warner, Mark D VA $19,550 $61,250 3 No
Webb, Jim D VA $6,000 $18,150 5 Unknown
Whitehouse, Sheldon D RI $10,250 $23,476 5 Yes
Wicker, Roger R MS $7,750 $11,700 5 Unknown
Wyden, Ron D OR $67,200 $189,350 16 No

Organizations

The companies, organizations, and advocacy groups that support PIPA

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Because the list of supporters and opponents is in flux (both in number and in substantive meaning), I'm still working on a way to keep a meaningful, up-to-date list of the companies and organizations that have taken a public stand on PIPA.

In the meantime, here are some other resources:

Bill Text

The latest version of the PIPA text.

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Documents

A list of documents related to PIPA. Use the search field to filter documents by keywords.

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