
Vindman once again votes with Republicans to pass poison pill, this time to end online privacy through mandated identity verification.
Stolen and corrected from r/Virginia
Vindman once again sides with republicans. Either this guy is too stupid to read these bills, or he is intentionally going against the party.
Roll call vote results:
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026184
Senate Bill (not passed yet)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/all-actions
House Bill (Passed)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7757/cosponsors
Additional sources detailing why this is a horrible idea:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/kids-act-would-require-age-checks-get-online
https://cdt.org/insights/op-ed-online-age-verification-law-could-kill-whistleblowing/
https://www.fire.org/news/kids-act-would-put-washington-charge-how-we-can-communicate-online
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1ugpf01/the_kids_act_would_require_age_checks_to_get/
Edit: all praise should go to u/zachomara for putting all the information together