Bradley in DC
07-15-2009, 01:06 PM
Just a few quick random thoughts to give another perspective:
The total number of cosponsors is less important than the number of cosponsors who are members of the financial services cmte.
(The above statement is not true for "noncontroversial" measures. No, stop thinking, "how is merely auditing the ...." This refers to renaming Post Offices, declaring asparagus week or whatnot.)
The bill matters. That's why everyone is doing what they're doing.
The chairman of the relevant cmte genuinely likes and respects Dr. Paul (not that they agree most of the time). There is a scarcity question involved. The cmte is only going fit in X number of hearings a week and X number of "markups" when they consider a bill, bring up and vote on amendments, vote to send it the whole House, etc.
I think a hearing was penciled in and then postponed because, well, other stuff hit the fan. I'm sure everyone else here has noticed one or two other financial services related issues in the news.
One possibility--and the one most likely IMHO to see it become law--would be for Dr. Paul's bill to get redrafted as an amendment and offered during the markup of another bill. The cmte is considering several vehicles that would make good targets. (What was attempted in the Senate is a good illustration: once in cmte by Grassley, again on the floor.)
Enjoy.
The total number of cosponsors is less important than the number of cosponsors who are members of the financial services cmte.
(The above statement is not true for "noncontroversial" measures. No, stop thinking, "how is merely auditing the ...." This refers to renaming Post Offices, declaring asparagus week or whatnot.)
The bill matters. That's why everyone is doing what they're doing.
The chairman of the relevant cmte genuinely likes and respects Dr. Paul (not that they agree most of the time). There is a scarcity question involved. The cmte is only going fit in X number of hearings a week and X number of "markups" when they consider a bill, bring up and vote on amendments, vote to send it the whole House, etc.
I think a hearing was penciled in and then postponed because, well, other stuff hit the fan. I'm sure everyone else here has noticed one or two other financial services related issues in the news.
One possibility--and the one most likely IMHO to see it become law--would be for Dr. Paul's bill to get redrafted as an amendment and offered during the markup of another bill. The cmte is considering several vehicles that would make good targets. (What was attempted in the Senate is a good illustration: once in cmte by Grassley, again on the floor.)
Enjoy.