When the House passed the original bill, it was sometimes in November 2005 if I recall. I was still fighting CIS then. It took the Senate more than five months to pass this bill, and it was about to go down the drain if you remmeber. Now it will take more time to get a reconciliation between the two formats before it heads to the president. Who knows, maybe they will disagree and things will remain the same which I really hope would happen. Therefore, your job should be to start educating yourself, learn as much as possible about this whole process, lobby your senators and congressmen, and when time comes: SUE THE BASTARDS.
Remember, even if they change 1447b, applicants can still file a writ of mandamus to make CIS do its job. So nothing is really lost. If you want something, sooner or later, you will get it.