I noticed there was one Senate Democrat sponsor of the bill. Anyone know who that was?
It was probably Kent Conrad from ND
The only Dem sponsor is Sen Conrad (D-ND).
Here are links to S.653 info and the bill's language.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query
http://www3.capwiz.com/c-span/issues/bills/?billnum=S.653&congress=109&size=full