But a majority of congress <i>did</i> like the wart. That&#x27;s why the amendment adding the CISA text to the omnibus bill passed, and that&#x27;s while it&#x27;s very unlikely to be repealed later.<p>(Of course it&#x27;s possible to repeal it later, as is true for all laws; they didn&#x27;t pass a constitutional amendment.)<p>The public-choice situation as I understand it is that CISA was a bill that concentrated interests (large tech companies) liked but which the public as a whole did not like (insofar as they bothered to know about it).  The key to passing such a bill is to minimize publicity and bundle it with a distraction.