My guess: they will float a toothless bill that gives lip service to protecting civil liberties. Then they will gauge the reaction to that bill to find out how

My guess: they will float a toothless bill that gives lip service to protecting civil liberties. Then they will gauge the reaction to that bill to find out how much the public at large actually understands about what's going on. If the public is mollified by a toothless bill then we go back to business as usual, only they'll be even bolder because now the actions have been "sanctioned". If, on the other hand, the Internet is able to generate SOPA and CISPA-like levels of opposition saying that the bill is worthless, we might actually get something of value in Round 2.