The House has passed the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act despite opposition from dozens of organizations including the National Lawyers Guild, Humane Society and Natural Resources Defense Council. The bill makes it a felony for animal rights activists to engage in nonviolent protests that result in businesses losing money. Legal experts say a protester could be charged with terrorism if they engaged in a sit-in that caused a business to lose profits. Congressmember Dennis Kucinich said the law would have a chilling effect on nonviolent protest. Kucinich said the country has to be very careful of painting everyone with a broad brush of terrorism.