The House passed a bill on March 9 that would prohibit the federal government from colluding with Big Tech to censor lawful speech.
The bill passed 219–206.
The bill, which is likely dead on arrival in the Democrat-controlled Senate, was introduced by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
Ahead of the vote, Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) accused the proponents of the bill of “promoting” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “will” and propaganda. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) called the bill “a complete waste of time and completely unnecessary.” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, called the bill “the Putin protection act.”…