“Committed, through the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, to close the data-broker loophole by requiring the government to obtain a court order before purchasing Americans' personal data.”
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Both cited sources are reachable and substantiate the CHAMPIONED outcome with genuine LEADERSHIP evidence, not merely a vote or generic support. EFF states the bill was "originally introduced in the Senate by Senator Ron Wyden in 2021," directly attributing authorship/introduction to Wyden. CyberScoop confirms "Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who has sponsored a companion bill in the Senate, immediately urged his colleagues to swiftly pass the measure," and reports the verbatim quote "This is a huge win for privacy. Now it's time for the Senate to follow suit." Both cited quotes verify: the CyberScoop quote's verbatim portion matches exactly (the bracketed portions are clearly marked paraphrase, and "sponsored a companion bill in the Senate" and "219-199" both match the article); the EFF quote is three real passages joined by ellipses, each verified verbatim ("originally introduced in the Senate by Senator Ron Wyden in 2021"; "has now made the important and historic step of passing the U.S. House of Representatives"; "It's time for the Senate to close this incredibly dangerous and invasive loophole"). The leadership test for CHAMPIONED is satisfied because the sources document Wyden as the Senate author/sponsor who drove the effort, exceeding the vote/support threshold that would force a downgrade to FULL/PARTIAL. The CHAMPIONED label does not overstate the evidence: it asserts Wyden led the cause, not that the promise was fulfilled, and the rationale is candid that the end-state (loophole closed) was never enacted (S.2576 died with the 118th Congress). The CHAMPIONED-vs-ATTEMPTED tension is legitimate but reasonably resolved toward CHAMPIONED given documented authorship, sustained post-promise advocacy, and the House-passage milestone. Confidence held near the original 0.7 (raised slightly to 0.75) because the leadership evidence is solid and directly sourced, with the only residual uncertainty being the ATTEMPTED alternative.
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