This week, some of the biggest sites on the net are standing in solidarity to protest against SOPA, an online piracy bill making its way through the house. On January 18, Reddit, the Cheezburger network, Scribd, and many others will be turning off their websites and going black for a day of protest. For a summary of exactly what SOPA is, watch this short video on the subject explaining how SOPA breaks the internet.
In a twist for Washington, the bill is very much bipartisan and has support from both party’s. Below is a full list of current house members who support this bill. I’ve added their social profiles so you can directly connect with your representatives. Enough noise and their stance will change.
| STATE | REPRESENTATIVE | PARTY | FACEBOOK PAGE | TWITTER HANDLE | WEBSITE |
| ARKANSAS | Tim Griffin | Republican | RepTimGriffin | @RepTimGriffin | griffin.house.gov |
| ARIZONA | Ben Quayle | Republican | N/A | @benquayle | quayle.house.gov |
| CALIFORNIA | Judy Chu | Democrat | RepJudyChu | @RepJudyChu | chu.house.gov |
| CALIFORNIA | Howard L. Berman | Democrat | @RepHowardBerman | house.gov/berman | |
| CALIFORNIA | Mary Bono Mack | Republican | @Rep_BonoMack | bono.house.gov | |
| CALIFORNIA | Joe Baca | Democrat | N/A | house.gov/baca | |
| CALIFORNIA | Karen Bass | Democrat | N/A | @RepKarenBass | karenbass.house.gov |
| CALIFORNIA | Elton Gallegly | Republican | eltongallegly | @eltongallegly24 | house.gov/gallegly |
| CALIFORNIA | Brad Sherman | Democrat | N/A | @BradSherman | bradsherman.house.gov |
| CALIFORNIA | Adam B. Schiff | Democrat | CongressmanSchiff | @RepAdamSchiff | schiff.house.gov |
| CONNECTICUT | John B. Larson | Democrat | RepJohnLarson | @repjohnlarson | house.gov/larson |
| FLORIDA | Ted Deutch | Democrat | N/A | @repteddeutch | deutch.house.gov |
| FLORIDA | Dennis Ross | Republican | N/A | @RepDennisRoss | dennisross.house.gov |
| FLORIDA | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democrat | N/A | @DWStweets | house.gov/schultz |
| GEORGIA | John Barrow | Democrat | @repjohnbarrow | barrow.house.gov | |
| LOUISIANA | Steve Scalise | Republican | N/A | N/A | scalise.house.gov |
| MICHIGAN | John Conyers Jr. | Democrat | @repjohnconyers | house.gov/conyers | |
| MISSISSIPPI | Alan Nunnelee | Republican | alannunnelee | @RepAlanNunnelee | nunnelee.house.gov |
| NEBRASKA | Lee Terry | Republican | leeterry | @LEETERRYNE | leeterry.house.gov |
| NEVADA | Mark Amodei | Republican | N/A | @AmodeiNevada | amodei.house.gov |
| NEW MEXICO | Ben Ray Lujan | Democrat | RepBenRayLujan | @repbenraylujan | lujan.house.gov |
| NEW YORK | Peter T. King | Republican | reppeteking | @RepPeteKing | peteking.house.gov |
| NEW YORK | Bill Owens | Republican | repbillowens | @BillOwensNY | owens.house.gov |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Melvin Watt | Democrat | N/A | @MelWattNC12 | house.gov/watt |
| OHIO | Steven J. Chabot | Republican | N/A | @repSteveChabot | chabot.house.gov |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Tim Holden | Democrat | CongressmanTimHolden | @RepTimHolden | holden.house.gov |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Tom Marino | Republican | N/A | @RepTomMarino | marino.house.gov |
| TENNESSEE | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | marchablackburn | @marshablackburn | house.gov/blackburn |
| TENNESSEE | Jim Cooper | Democrat | @repjimcooper | cooper.house.gov | |
| TEXAS | John Carter | Republican | @JudgeCarter | carter.house.gov | |
| TEXAS | Lamar Smith | Republican | LamarSmithTX21 | @LamarSmithTX21 | lamarsmith.house.gov |
| VIRGINIA | Robert W. Goodlatte | Republican | BobGoodlatte | @RepGoodlatte | house.gov/goodlatte |
The US Senate has a similar bill called PIPA, and I’ll be updating their list with those names as well.
*UPDATE*
President Obama has come out against SOPA, which hopefully means that these bills will not be an issue. The only developing news from the time this was posted to Obama’s announcement was this post…which we can only conclude that the president reads this blog and we totally influenced his decision. Well done everyone!
