Seven co-sponsors of CISPA cybersecurity bill voted against it

Five Democratic and two Republican co-sponsors of the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) reversed course and voted against the bill on the House floor.

The Democratic co-sponsors who voted against it were Reps. Joe Baca (CA), Anna Eshoo (CA), Luis Gutierrez (IL), Alcee Hastings (FL) and Michael Michaud (Maine). The Republicans were Reps. Mo Brooks (AL) and Ralph Hall (TX). The White House issued a veto threat the day before the House voted, saying the bill lacked adequate privacy protections and would fail to protect critical infrastructure, such as electrical grids or chemical plants. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), one of the authors of CISPA, told The Hill that Democratic lawmakers grilled him about his bill during a caucus meeting after the White House came out against it.