[Siena Dreaming]

45 day review is required and it would seem that President Bush hasn't complied with the law.

No your facts are wrong. The 45 day review is required only if a company doesn't pass the inital 30 day review and this one passed fine.

Facts are important on this one.

President Bush is not a law breaker.

[jimbo123]

This ammendment makes the 45-day mandatory, not optional:



Amendments. Section 837(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, called the "Byrd Amendment," amended Section 721 of the Defense Production Act (the "Exon-Florio provision"). It requires an investigation in cases where:

o the acquirer is controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government; and

o the acquisition "could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce in the U.S. that could affect the national security of the U.S."

[engrpat]

I didn't say he was a law breaker but he is stonewalling the 45 day review period as called for. He can stand on principal all he wants but the democrats are going to eat his lunch. Right now, no matter how legal this deal is, the vast majority of the voters see a secretive and arrogant administration and a President that will not veto a huge spending bill that screamed to be vetoed but will say to the people of the country...tough!

Remember in politics it isn't what is it is what is the perception. and the perception of this deal screams arrogance. The republicans will pay at the poles.