>Your guess about what Congress would be willing to do
>was correct, but two or so session ago the Supreme
>Court struck down as unsonstitutional federal laws
>criminalizing virtual child porn.
They got a second bite with the Protect Act in 2003. Here's George W. talking about it in the Rose Garden:
>Under the Protect Act, we've seen images of children, even those
>created with computer technology, will now be illegal, giving
>prosecutors an important new tool. (Applause.) Obscene images of
>children, no matter how they are made, incite abuse, raise the
>dangers to children and will not be tolerated in America. (Applause.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/04/20030430-6.html