Quote Originally Posted by sgath92 View Post
Notice that the ones that seemed to be most in favor of the ban from your observations are from states that have been trying to ban them on a state-level? SC, VA, WI.

Given that this bill overlaps with some of the species that were already put on LACEY last month, I think this is an attempt to cover Pres Obama's butt for having made his LACEY additions as an executive decision instead of a legislative one.
I found the repeat species very odd as well. If it is a butt covering maneuver then it's even more likely to pass, imho.