well, this makes perfect sense - you have fever-pitch hatred of the US all over the world, an administration hell bent on bombing Iraq and fighting for the ability to search and detain people secretly, nearly unchecked illegal immigration, budget deficits and astronomical tax rates, horrible crime and poverty in the streets (go to Newark for an ex.) --
so it's natural Congress would instead be occupying itself figuring out how to do the bidding of the criminals running the RIAA and urging the jailing of even more of the constituency for not following its dictates.