Sen. Marco Rubio Drops Support For PIPA

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The senate version of SOPA, PIPA, has one less supporter – Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Rubio announced his decision via a statement on his Facebook page:

Earlier this year, this bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously and without controversy. Since then, we’ve heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet and about a potentially unreasonable expansion of the federal government’s power to impact the Internet. Congress should listen and avoid rushing through a bill that could have many unintended consequences.

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