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I thought this was dead in the water.

175 posted on 03/14/2009 4:05:28 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)

I thought this was dead in the water.

I received a notice via email from Eric Cantor's office that it would be up for a ruling on Tuesday. Did you read or hear differently? That would be great news.

288 posted on 03/14/2009 5:14:14 PM PDT by joygrace (Veritas vincit)

It died last year on March 13th but apparently made it through the house this year.

293 posted on 03/14/2009 5:16:20 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)

I thought this was dead in the water.

It was only introduced on March 9th. It has 25 co-sponsors and was voted out of the House Committee on Education and Labor on March 11th by a vote of 34 to 3. They've even got a Press Release on it and how wonderful it, and they, are, and a "Fact" Sheet too. That means quite a few supposed Republicans voted for it.

Heres the committee vote:

ROLL CALL #1 BILL: H.R. 1388 DATE: 3/11/2009

(It's a PDF file)

24 Dems voted for it (all of those who voted). 10 of 13 Republicans who voted, voted for it. The three who did not are Wilson, Kline and McClintock. 5 Democrats and 6 Republicans did not vote.

I don't think this is the sort of bill that will require 60 votes in the Senate, unless someone attempts a filabuster, It'll sail through the house like grass through a goose. I doubt the pubbies will "waste" political capital trying to stop it in the Senate, but stranger things have happened.

555 posted on 03/14/2009 9:24:55 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)

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