by Declan McCullagh
Consumers "one step closer to taking back control of their own PCs"…
During the floor discussion, Illinois' Democrat Representative Jan Schakowsky warned that Americans' computers are "no longer their own and they can't figure out why".
Some businesses had opposed earlier versions of the Spy Act, saying that though they were against spyware, the bill was so broadly drafted it could imperil legitimate software as well. The Energy and Commerce Committee responded on Monday by making some last-minute changes before the vote.
Republican Representative for Texas, Ron Paul, a vocal libertarian who frequently says the federal government should not be policing the internet, was the lone dissenter.
