There is a good article by Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache of CNET News.com that summarizes some of the technology law issues. I have my reservations about the Democrats, considering they brought in the controversial policy behind the DMCA (If technology can be abused to disrupt established content industry business arrangements, then private citizens shouldn't be allowed to own/control this technology).
This issue is really not about partisanship, but about the knowledge and experience of individual policy makers. In Canada we had a major shift in our leftmost elected party (the NDP) with their Heritage critic changing from a playwrite to an independent musician. The playwrite held the line that technologies or business models that disrupted established content industry arrangements should be regulated away, while Mr. Angus recognizes the value both of new technologies and new business models for creators and the general public.
I will be interested to see what the thinking is of some of the newer additions to the US government.