Tech-Friendly Republicans?

A recent article notes how positively giddy tech industry CEO's and lobbyists are about the new GOP Senate. According to the Information Technology Industry Council, Republicans side with the technology industry far more often than Democrats do.

If you're Bill Gates, then, the last election was good news. But if you're just a citizen, well, the picture isn't so pleasant.

ATOC has put together its own assessment of how good our electeds are with regard to the technology issues that matter to real people. The data: the eight worst technology bills and the lawmakers who sponsored them. The result: of the 93 Senators and Representatives listed, 74 are Republicans. Looking at the worst 25 in the list, 23 are Republicans. At the top of the list is GOP Rep. Chip Pickering, whose daddy the Republicans wanted to make a federal judge.