Where We Live: Checking-In With Jim Himes
Congressman from CT's 4th district on SOPA, payroll tax, Social Security Offices
Congressman Jim Himes is getting ready for another battle over unemployment benefits and a payroll tax cut...while trying to keep open a Social Security office in his district. We talked to him about these issues, but he’s also been weighing in on SOPA and PIPA - the anti-piracy bills that have been dubbed “internet killers” by critics.
The issue has split the state’s delegation with one of the bills co-sponsors John Larson on one side and Himes and Joe Courtney speaking out against it, although on Wednesday, even Larson seemed to be backing away.
Himes told us that leading up to the Wikipedia blackout, "Old school lobbyists" including Chris Dodd were "doing their thing" in support of SOPA. Then, he told us, "Lo and behold, members of Congress and Senate staffs opened their Twitter accounts yesterday, and [there was] just a Tsunami of outrage and concern."
How big was the outrage? Himes told us "At about 3 o'clock yesterday my phone was ringing just about every three seconds on that issue," and that the level of constiuent concern was "something we'd never seen with quite that intensity before." That sounds about right, given the numbers Wikipedia is sharing from yesterday's blackout.
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At about 3 o'clock yesterday my phone was ringing just about every three seconds on that issue.
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We`ll see how things are to
We`ll see how things are to evolve in the near future concerning this topic, but from what I have already heard, representatives opposing these two new laws are fighting their best against them. We only hope everything that has been built in the online marketing area won`t go to waste. Because so many inspiring and gifted people have worked so hard into scoring unseen success for the markets nowadays. Recently, the NGO I activate in held a workshop on the affiliate network topic, in order to underline the importance of networking, prior to our strategy session for this year`s projects. I got myself thinking how would these rules apply for the business world. I guess things look pretty much the same. It`s all about learning by doing, visibility, advertising and sticking to the top of the market`s providers as long as possible.
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