Ok list,
The two versions of H.R. 2586 are:
Version One is the bill as introduced to the House. This version includes
Section 921 (the demil text).
Version Two is the bill as reported to the House. This is the Bill that was
passed by the House yesterday. This version does not include Section 921.
This is good.
The Senate Bill(s) still contain the demil text. We all know this Bill will pass
sometime soon. Continue to contact your Senator and the Senators on the Senate
Armed Services Committee. The committee members are:
Democrats
Carl Levin (Michigan) (chair)
senator@levin.senate.gov
Edward M. Kennedy (MA)
senator@kennedy.senate.gov
Robert C. Byrd (WV)
senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov
Joseph I. Lieberman (CT)
http://lieberman.senate.gov/
Max Cleland (GA)
http://www.senate.gov/~cleland/webform.html
Mary L. Landrieu (LA)
http://landrieu.senate.gov/webform.html
Jack Reed (RI)
jack@reed.senate.gov
Daniel K. Akaka (HI)
senator@akaka.senate.gov
Bill Nelson (FL)
senator@billnelson.senate.gov
E. Benjamin Nelson (NE)
http://bennelson.senate.gov/email.html
Jean Carnahan (MO)
senator_carnahan@carnahan.senate.gov
Mark Dayton (MN)
no E-Mail; (202) 224-3244
Jeff Bingaman (NM)
senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
Republicans
John Warner (VA) (ranking minority party member)
senator@warner.senate.gov
Strom Thurmond (SC)
senator@thurmond.senate.gov
John McCain (AZ)
john_mccain@mccain.senate.gov
Bob Smith (NH)
opinion@smith.senate.gov
James M. Inhofe (OK)
http://inhofe.senate.gov/webform.html
Rick Santorum (PA)
http://www.senate.gov/~santorum/#email
Pat Roberts (KS)
http://www.senate.gov/roberts/email.htm
Wayne Allard (CO)
http://allard.senate.gov/contactme
Tim Hutchinson (AR)
senator.hutchinson@hutchinson.senate.gov
Jeff Sessions (AL)
senator@sessions.senate.gov
Susan M. Collins (ME)
senator@collins.senate.gov
Jim Bunning (KY)
jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov
This committee has already demonstrated their ability to vote along party lines.
Expect a 13/12 vote on any effort to remove the offensive demil text.
Continue to ask your Representative to support the deletion of the demil language
by contacting the Senate Armed Forces Committee members listed above.
Let's keep up the pressure. Hopefully we can have Section 1062 deleted from the
Senate Bill before passage.
When the Senate passes their Bill, both the House version and the Senate version
will then be reconciled by a (yet to be appointed) Joint Committee. Here too we
must be watchful as the demil text can reappear (if previously deleted) in the
final version of the Bill.
"Claude W. Vaughn" wrote:
> There are two versions of H.R. 2586. One version includes Section 921
> (demil) and the other version does not include Section 921.
>
> I am confused here. Both versions passed 9/25/2001. I am not clear on what
> happens next. I don't think this will go back into committee. But I assume
> that the House Bill will still need to be reconciled with the Senate Bill.
>
> I still see references on this list only to S.1416. Remember, the Senate has
> now introduced S.1438 (a new version of S.1416).
>
> Time for me to get back on the phone.
>
> Claude.
>
> Darrell Shake wrote:
>
> > Well kids , It looks as though the bill has passed at least the house
> > side and with no mention in the mainstream media about deletion of the
> > DEMIL BILL. I sure hope that we can get this thing out of the bill in
> > comittee.
>
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