The bill would have encouraged private companies and the government to share information about cyber threats and would have required critical infrastructure operators to meet minimum cybersecurity standards.
Is there something here that the Republicans don’t like? I am all about keeping the government out of the people’s house, but the biggest risk to America by terrorists is now cyber attacks or possible loss of electricity for the entire country.
The reason the Republicans voted against the bill was gun control.
Democratic senators offer gun control amendment for cybersecurity bill
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2911650/posts
NEVER let the camels head get into the tent, especially if it's a defective camel!
Abortion was for one woman with a severely disabled, if not dead, child in her womb.
Homosexuals wanted tolerance for those things they did in private, away from the publics eyes.
The environmentalist wanted people to stop throwing trash out of their cars.
Welfare used to be for the truly needy.
Should I go on? Why not ask the private sector, the American people, to come up with a solution? Let's face it, the government screws up everything. The private sector would come up with something brilliant.
Is that what your email from the DNC said?