<story><title>CISA passes Senate</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/eff-disappointed-cisa-passes-senate</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>MikeKusold</author><text>The tech world badly needs the equivalent of the NRA. We need to routinely be grading politician voting records [1] on privacy focused bills. If a politician votes against privacy, then they should be forced to fear a highly contested re-election.&lt;p&gt;If it works for guns and the tea-party, then why can&amp;#x27;t it work for tech?&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nrapvf.org&amp;#x2F;grades&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nrapvf.org&amp;#x2F;grades&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jakeogh</author><text>The EFF is already the most reliable org fighting for our digital arms. As far as comparison to the NRA, I suggest GOA[1] is a better model. The NRA is only a fair weather friend of the 2nd.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gunowners.org&amp;#x2F;114hrat.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gunowners.org&amp;#x2F;114hrat.htm&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>CISA passes Senate</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/eff-disappointed-cisa-passes-senate</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>MikeKusold</author><text>The tech world badly needs the equivalent of the NRA. We need to routinely be grading politician voting records [1] on privacy focused bills. If a politician votes against privacy, then they should be forced to fear a highly contested re-election.&lt;p&gt;If it works for guns and the tea-party, then why can&amp;#x27;t it work for tech?&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nrapvf.org&amp;#x2F;grades&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nrapvf.org&amp;#x2F;grades&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mmanfrin</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve, for the past couple years, had an idea for a PAC specifically for tech issues. The PAC would also monitor and rate politicians stances on tech issues (I have a list of stances that would be part of the mission: net neutrality, privacy protections, data portability, and a few others). I&amp;#x27;ve just never pushed very far with it.</text></comment>