I found this slightly more readable:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h117
Call your congressperson. They do care what you think, at least a little bit, especially if you take the time to call or write their office thoughtfully.
Call your congressperson. They do care what you think, at least a little bit, especially if you take the time to call or write their office thoughtfully.
Normally, once the two sides pass relatively similar bills, a conference committee is formed to resolve any differences, and then that resulting legislation is voted on.
Congresspeople are currently very afraid of "getting SOPAed" where they try to make some kind of tech policy regulation and then accidentally set off a huge wave of activism.
Keep in mind, just because something passes in the House doesn't mean it's law. There's a long process - right now it's still just a bill (that they voted for on Capitol Hill (sorry)). There's a lot that can be done, and, now, probably will be done to mobilize on this issue. I doubt that it will come to SOPA-level activity (SOPA would have affected the bottom lines of big tech companies. This is "just" about privacy). But there's always room for trying to make things more reasonable.
This is roughly like saying "I voted for X, but Y still happened."