SeattleGC said:Thats great news !!!!!!!!!!
It passed with
YEAs 52
NAYs 47
-- Pretty close....
I think the next step is to get the President Bush to sign this into a law. That shouldn't be a problem since this was a Republican sponsored bill and almost all of the Republican voted for it.
Its as good as signed... Excellent....
NO. "It is not as good as signed". We are only half -way. It has to be reconciled with the house version of the bill which does not include any of these provisions. There is a strong opposition to this in the House. We now have to step up and take the battle with the House of Rep and lobby hard to influence their votes. Join us in our efforts. We are on a different thread under 'Priority Date Retrogression Issues'.