The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, passed the House of Representatives Thursday on a bipartisan vote of 287-127 with 18 representatives not voting. CISPA now faces the tough odds of being adopted and passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate, which favors other approaches to cybersecurity legislation.

CISPA's passage in the House comes despite a veto threat from the White House, which argued the information-sharing bill risks compromising Americans' online privacy and affords companies legal shelter should they put customers' privacy at risk. Disregarding Obama's veto, 92 Democrats voted for the bill — more than double the number which did so last year.

The White House threatened a similar veto when CISPA first passed the House in April of last year before stalling out in the Senate. CISPA's authors, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich., pictured above) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), reintroduced the bill in February.

"I am very proud that so many of my colleagues were able to look past the distortions and fear mongering about this bill, and see it for what it really is -– a very narrow and focused authority to share cybersecurity threat information to keep America safe," said Rogers in an emailed statement. "I look forward to working with my Senate colleagues to get cyber threat information sharing legislation passed into law this year.”

Rogers and Ruppersberger also took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to celebrate their victory:

#CISPA passed the House with a decisive bipartisan vote of 288-127 with 92 Democrats supporting. This is a good day for Americans. — Dutch Ruppersberger (@Call_Me_Dutch) April 18, 2013

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said, "We have shown how bipartisanship works. Thank you Mr. Ruppersberger." #CISPA — House Intel Comm (@HouseIntelComm) April 18, 2013

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CISPA is intended to allow private businesses and the federal government to share cybersecurity threat information with one another. Supporters of the bill, made up mostly of business interests, say such information sharing is necessary for businesses and the government to join forces to ward off hackers in real-time.

"As we have said in the past, the enactment of a voluntary information-sharing framework, like the one in this bill, is the single most important thing the government can do to help the wireless industry enhance its cybersecurity posture," said Jot Carpenter, Vice President of Government Affairs for CTIA, a wireless communications industry trade group, in a statement. "I hope today’s bipartisan vote sends a strong signal to the Senate that this bill is a good place to start its work.”

Great to see #CISPA pass the House. Thanks to those House members who voted for this important bill. Congrats @repmikerogers @call_me_dutch — CTIA (@CTIA) April 18, 2013

EEI supports #CISPA and encourages the House to pass the bill today as an essential step to protect critical infrastructure. #cybersecurity — EEI (@Edison_Electric) April 18, 2013

However, privacy advocates have argued CISPA puts Americans' privacy at risk by not requiring companies to strip customers' personally identifiable information from data before sending it to government agencies. They also argue CISPA wrongly gives companies legal protections should they fail to protect customers' privacy when sharing information under CISPA.

Lawmakers passed several amendments to CISPA this week before approving the final bill, including one that requires information companies share with the government to be filtered through the civilian Department of Homeland Security, rather than the military National Security Agency, in a nod to privacy concerns regarding the bill. It's yet unclear whether the White House will lift its veto threat in light of those changes, but privacy advocates are arguing the amendments aren't enough and are promising a fight should CISPA be introduced in the Senate.

"CISPA would still obliterate our privacy laws and chill free expression online," wrote Matt Wood, Policy Director at Free Press Action Fund, a media advocacy group. "The few amendments made to the legislation do not address all the concerns highlighted by the White House and by the representatives who stood up against CISPA this week."

Breaking: The US House just passed #CISPA, undermining the privacy of millions of Internet users. Now we take this fight to the Senate. — EFF (@EFF) April 18, 2013

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