List of legislators who support SOPA or PIPA

Members of the House of Representatives who support SOPA
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Initial Sponsors
The Stop Online Piracy Act was introduced by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX).
It was initially co-sponsored by 12 Representatives:
*Howard Berman (D-CA)
*Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
*Mary Bono Mack (R-CA)
*Steve Chabot (R-OH)
*John Conyers (D-MI)
*Ted Deutch (D-FL)
*Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
*Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
*Timothy Griffin (R-AR)
*Dennis A. Ross (R-FL)
*Adam Schiff (D-CA)
*Lee Terry (R-NE)
Subsequent sponsors
As of 16 Jan 2012, there were 31 co-sponsors of the bill. In addition to the initial sponsors, 18 other representatives signed on:
*Mark Amodei
*Joe Baca
*John Barrow
*Karen Bass
*John Carter
*Judy Chu
*Jim Cooper
*Tim Holden
*Peter T. King
*John Larson
*Ben R. Luján
*Thomas Marino
*Alan Nunnelee
*Bill Owens
*Ben Quayle
*Steve Scalise
*Brad Sherman
*Debbie Wasserman Schultz
*Melvin Watt
List of Senators who support the Protect IP Act
The Protect IP Act was introduced by , co-sponsored by, as of Jan 17, 2012:
* Lamar Alexander TN
* Kelly Ayotte NH
* Michael F. Bennet CO
* Jeff Bingaman NM
* Richard Blumenthal CT
* Roy Blunt MO
* John Boozman AR
* Barbara Boxer CA
* Sherrod Brown OH
* Benjamin L. Cardin MD
* Robert P. Casey Jr. PA
* Saxby Chambliss GA
* Thad Cochran MS
* Christopher A. Coons DE
* Bob Corker TN
* Richard Durbin IL
* Michael B. Enzi WY
* Dianne Feinstein CA
* Al Franken MN
* Kirsten E. Gillibrand NY
* Lindsey Graham SC
* Chuck Grassley IA
* Kay Hagan NC
* Orrin G. Hatch UT
* Johnny Isakson GA
* Tim Johnson SD
* Amy Klobuchar MN
* Herb Kohl WI
* Mary L. Landrieu LA
* Joseph I. Lieberman CT
* John McCain AZ
* Robert Menendez NJ
* Jerry Moran KS (withdrawn)
* Bill Nelson FL
* James E. Risch ID
* Marco Rubio FL
* Charles E. Schumer NY
* Jeanne Shaheen NH
* Tom Udall NM
* David Vitter LA
* Sheldon Whitehouse RI

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