Comments on: RE: Poker Bill Passes Committee (3) (Democrats and) Republicans supporting Payment Systems Protection Act

By: DanM

DanM — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:16:04 +0000

That’s the plan, and the timing seems more right than wrong — hello, um, banking crisis?

Trying not to get my hopes up, however. I remember back in Texas when we cleared this hurdle and had the floor votes lined up, only to not get to it before the schoolbell rang.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:11:24 +0000

That would be correct, the hope at this point is for this to be put into some sort of must-pass legislation (sound familiar)?

By: Mulry

Mulry — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:09:50 +0000

Another reason to push for passage now is that if Congress recesses for the year without getting a final act through both the Senate and then finalized in the conference committee version, then all this work will be for naught. The end of this year is the end of the 2-year congressional term and as I understand it, bills that have been passed out of committee but which have not received final passage do not carry over into the next term. Which means they’d have to start all over again next year.

Of course, most of my legislative knowledge comes from Schoolhouse Rock, so I might be wrong.