Bill S.4408 titled “A bill to prohibit data brokers from selling and transferring certain sensitive data” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren with Patty Murray, Bernard Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden as cosponsors.
Bill S.4409 titled “A bill to prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam” was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2969-2970)) by the Senate. The bill is sponsored by Sen. John Thune with John Barrasso, Marsha Blackburn, Roy Blunt, John Boozman, Mike Braun, Shelley Capito, Tom Cotton, Kevin Cramer, Mike Crapo, Steve Daines, Joni Ernst, Deb Fischer, Charles Grassley, Josh Hawley, James Lankford, Cynthia Lummis, Roger Marshall, Mitch Mcconnell, Jerry Moran, James Risch, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Dan Sullivan, Tommy Tuberville, Roger Wicker as cosponsors.
The Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| A bill to prohibit data brokers from selling and transferring certain sensitive data. | Sen. Warren, Elizabeth | Senate |
| A bill to prohibit providers of email services from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam. | Sen. Thune, John | Senate |
