iwascompromised

Since the rule about broadband privacy protection was rolled back as part of Congressional Review and that supposedly means the same rule can't be passed again, what does the future of internet privacy as it relates to the votes that cleared this week look like? Could Congress, or the future FCC, pass similar rules/legislation that provide the same protections that were reversed? Or can the current Congress/FCC pass rules/legislation that can at least restrict what ISPs can do with the data?

a future election gives us a more privacy-minded Congress

That's my hope. I'm about to turn 30 and have only voted in 3 (4?) federal elections and have never really actively looked into my candidates. I've simply voted Republican up until November when I voted for Johnson and a couple of other libertarian candidates on the ballot.

I recently discovered the New Democrat Caucus and it seems to be much more aligned with where I find myself politically these days. It's so frustrating to me that privacy, of all things, is such a partisan issue.

How do your plans for an updated and stripped down tax code apply to freelance workers like myself. Just for 2015 I'll be including 7 or 8 different income sources as 1099s and W2s on my tax return. Add to that confusion with "can I deduct this?", vague mileage rules, etc., what could I look forward to if you're able to push these changes through Congress?

Yeah. I've become WAY more aware of things in the last 6 months. Now that I'm back in TN and plan to stay here for a while, I want to be involved more. Rep. Diane Black absolutely needs to go when she's up for re-election. I'm torn about our Senators. Sen. Bob Corker strongly supports efforts to fight modern slavery, which I'm 100% behind, but he and Sen Lamar Alexander both bow down to party-over-country. Rep. Jim Cooper (D) is part of the New Democrat Caucus and Blue Dog Democrats. Both are the more conservative factions within the Democratic party. They're more liberal on social policy, but not extremely liberal on them. They're seemingly more concerned with education (not Betsy DeVos's "education"), infrastructure, technology/science, and practical governance.

In regards to this bill, given the past statements from Jeff Sessions on his opinion about marijuana -- “one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful” -- what is the realistic outcome of this? Is there growing support within the House for a bill like this?