Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>:
By late September, the Commerce committee will vote on SAFE. By mid-October, the committee chairs should have worked out a compromise package. This goes to the Rules committee, chaired by Solomon. Until last week he vowed to block SAFE. Now he'd like, I'm told, to get the FBI's version to the floor immediately. There are, however, only so many slots on the suspension calendar.
The thing I still don't understand is why anyone thinks the house will support the new bill. There were hundreds of co-sponsors for SAFE in its original form. The modified version is exactly the opposite of the original SAFE. So it seems like a majority of house members should oppose the bill. "John ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com