[backhoe]

What I recall is that the President said he would sign the renewal if it reached his desk.

I interpert that to mean our job is to keep it from getting there in the first place, and am doing what I can from here to effect that.

[TLBSHOW]

"The president supports the current law, and he supports reauthorization of the current law," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

[Teacher317]

What I recall is that the President said he would sign the renewal if it reached his desk.
I interpert that to mean our job is to keep it from getting there in the first place, and am doing what I can from here to effect that.

He used that gutless line with CFR, didn't he? Is there any awful domestic legislation that he will grow a spine to veto?

[meyer]

I interpert that to mean our job is to keep it from getting there in the first place, and am doing what I can from here to effect that.

Good idea!

[The Coopster]

Hey, you're the only person on this thread actually advocating anything really productive. Stop it this instant!

;-)

[Taxman]

Bears repeating:

"I interpert that to mean our job is to keep it from getting there [the President's desk] in the first place, and am doing what I can from here to effect that." [Emphasis added.]

Exactly! If the legislation does not pass either the Senate or the House, it sunsets. And it is up to us to work over our respective Representative and both Senators to ensure this legislation does not pass either the House or the Senate!

We need to find out just how much clout we have, and this issue is a good place to start.