"This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee."
Referenced from http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-373
"Bill Nelson has sponsored 141 bills since Jan 22, 2001 of which 125 haven't made it out of committee and 5 were successfully enacted."
Referenced from http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300078 under "Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship"
This is a senator from FL, and there are no co sponsors for the bill. I seriously doubt this one is going anywhere. This stuff happens every day. This is a big political issue in Florida and his job is to address big political issues in Florida.
I'll definitely keep an eye on this one, but this is probably the last you will ever hear of it. If this goes any further, it might be worth writing a letter to your congressmen about. http://www.senate.gov/general/contac...nators_cfm.cfm Personal hand written letters that are precise and to the point are most effective.
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