Hearing on Kids' Privacy Turns Into Bipartisan Cuddle Session

Republicans, Democrats actually agree with each other

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Here's something you rarely see in Congress these days: a love fest. 

At a Wednesday hearing of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, which was discussing "Protecting Children's Privacy in an Electronic World," no bombs were thrown and no barbs were traded. Members treaded lightly—no Congressman wants to be seen as favoring the easily demonized Internet over children. As Adam Thierer, a senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, tweeted, "Everyone is trying to outdo each other in terms of how much they love the children.

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