<s>
The	O
Stop	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Piracy	I-Application
Act	I-Application
(	O
SOPA	B-Application
)	O
and	O
the	O
PROTECT	O
IP	O
Act	O
(	O
PIPA	O
)	O
are	O
two	O
proposed	O
draft	O
laws	O
that	O
were	O
being	O
considered	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Congress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOPA	B-Application
is	O
the	O
bill	O
under	O
consideration	O
by	O
the	O
U.S.	O
House	O
of	O
Representatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Stop	B-Application
Online	I-Application
Piracy	I-Application
Act	I-Application
was	O
introduced	O
by	O
Representative	O
Lamar	O
Smith	O
(	O
R-TX	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOPA	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
co-sponsored	O
by	O
12	O
Representatives	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
initial	O
introduction	O
,	O
other	O
Representatives	O
became	O
co-sponsors	O
of	O
SOPA	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Representative	O
Ron	O
Paul	O
spoke	O
out	O
against	O
SOPA	B-Application
,	O
deriding	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
bill	O
that	O
would	O
"	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
thus	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
presidential	O
candidate	O
to	O
publicly	O
oppose	O
the	O
SOPA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Representatives	O
opposed	O
to	O
SOPA/PIPAthumb	O
|160px|	O
Rep.	O
</s>
<s>
Darrell	O
Issa	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
opponent	O
of	O
the	O
SOPA	B-Application
bill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Wyden	O
issued	O
a	O
filibuster	O
threat	O
with	O
Sen.	O
Jerry	O
Moran	O
if	O
SOPA/PIPA	O
made	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
floor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
January	O
20	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
editorial	O
in	O
the	O
Daily	O
Kos	O
described	O
Wyden	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
biggest	O
SOPA/PIPA	O
hero	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Senator	O
Wyden	O
,	O
Senator	O
Moran	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Senators	O
to	O
recognize	O
the	O
problems	O
with	O
PIPA	O
and	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
stand	O
against	O
the	O
bill	O
Massachusetts	O
Senator	O
Scott	O
Brown	O
(	O
R	O
)	O
also	O
publicly	O
voiced	O
his	O
opposition	O
to	O
the	O
legislation	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
sister	O
bill	O
in	O
the	O
House	O
,	O
SOPA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Moran	O
statement	O
on	O
SOPA/PIPA	O
"	O
Protect	O
IP	O
and	O
SOPA	B-Application
both	O
raise	O
serious	O
constitutional	O
and	O
security	O
concerns	O
and	O
include	O
provisions	O
that	O
effectively	O
chill	O
investment	O
in	O
innovation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
18	O
saw	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Blackout	I-Application
protests	O
in	O
which	O
websites	O
coordinated	O
to	O
oppose	O
SOPA/PIPA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Representative	O
Lamar	O
S	O
.	O
Smith	O
introduced	O
SOPA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jan	O
18	O
,	O
2012	O
–	O
Internet	B-Application
Blackout	I-Application
protest	O
;	O
6	O
Senators	O
withdraw	O
support	O
:	O
Kelly	O
Ayotte	O
,	O
John	O
Boozman	O
,	O
Roy	O
Blunt	O
,	O
Orrin	O
Hatch	O
,	O
Mark	O
Kirk	O
,	O
Marco	O
Rubio	O
.	O
</s>
