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At least wait till the new administration is in place before passing this damaging crap.
by duringmath 2y ago
At least wait till the new administration is in place before passing this damaging crap.
- zoobab 2y agoI guess the tactic is to pass it before the new Trump administration is in power.
- ronsor 2y agoDoes this mean the Trump administration is for or against software patents?
- zoobab 2y agoTrump does not have a good track record with the appointment of Iancu: https://techrights.org/o/2017/08/31/iancu-nomination-and-software-patents/ https://techrights.org/o/2017/08/31/iancu-nomination-and-sof... Let's hope that with Musk it's gonna be different, but I have some doubts.
- xp84 2y agoYeah maybe Musk can clue him in that they’re stupid. Hopefully he doesn’t flip to the pro side though now that he’s big enough to be the bully with the patents.
- caslon 2y agoIt was proposed by Thom Tillis, a Republican who has previously defended Donald Trump: https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2023/3/tillis-statement-on-the-indictment-of-former-president-trump https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2023/3/tillis-statement-on-the...
- trustinmenowpls 2y agoThis is the current Democrat controlled senate attempting to pass this, its especially odd considering they're a lame duck senate
- sbelskie 2y agoIs it? Tillis is the only one I see associated with the bill. Have any Democratic senators spoken in favor of it?
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoThat's exactly why they're doing it now.
- dataflow 2y agoConfused, why would Republicans be against this? Edit: Got thrown off by the comments, that makes more sense.
- mywittyname 2y agoConsidering a Republican introduced it, I don't think they are. The strategy might be to introduce it now, and use the fact that it failed the Democratic-lead lame duck session to sell it to the people in the next Congress.
- caslon 2y agoIt was proposed by a North Carolina Republican: Thom Tillis.
- GeekyBear 2y agoThe Senate majority leader controls what legislation makes it to the Senate floor. Frankly, most legislation that favors the interests of wealthy donors is bipartisan. For instance, the legislation that rolled back the banking reforms put into place after the financial crisis during the first Trump term. > the bill, which was years in the making, was a rare bipartisan accomplishment at a time when Congress is gridlocked on almost all major issues. Sixteen moderate Senate Democrats helped Republicans pass the bill. It was an unusual moment of political unity that sparked a public feud in which the Democratic Party’s progressive wing went to war with its more business-friendly centrists. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/14/senate-passes-bill-scaling-back-dodd-frank-463825 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/14/senate-passes-bill...