Via Mashable
It took a concerted effort by Pandora, plus a fairly substantial level of public attention at the grassroots, as well as some lobbying by National Public Radio, but by late evening, many hours after the original floor call was intended to be made, the H.R. 7084 bill, or the Webcaster Settlement Act, passed a House vote Saturday.
Now it is the Senate’s duty to thumb through the resolution, which Pandora founder Tim Westergren will once more be asking for support from loyalists when a vote occurs Monday.
It was a bit peculiar to watch the House of Representatives website on Saturday. It provides visitors access to a page labeled “Current House Floor Proceedings,” where a sort of day-to-day live-blog is managed. Throughout the day Saturday, nary a peep was made about H.R. 7084. Until the evening clock struck eight. It was at 8:06 p.m. (EST), to be precise, when an update was first posted signifying a standard deliberative measure: “the House proceeded with forty minutes of debate,” along with the bill’s number. 
Then at 8:29 p.m. came the summary of the House decision: “Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.”
Of course, Pandora was not the sole promoter of H.R. 7084. CNET’s Greg Sandoval made it a point to emphasize NPR’s central role in the matter, noting broadcaster’s familiarity with lobbying the political class of D.C. Yet it was also made similarly clear by commentary published to a number of websites that congressional staffers had indeed fielded messages to the point that public sentiment over WSA was made markedly evidence.
