The legislative proposals in the US House and Senate (HR2811/S373) are stalled for now. They can still come back. make no mistake. But we really did our work on them well. We built a coalition of Congressman and Senators who oppose these bills. We engaged the US Chamber of Commerce and a panel of independent scientists who reinforced our position. We reached out and had a personal meeting with Senate Committee Chair Ben Cardin. He agreed that the scientific process should not be circumvented by legislation. He also promised to speak with Senator Nelson in that regard. Then we had an unprecedented ground swell of grass roots support that dwarfed the efforts on HR669 last spring. Now we are in an election year and floor time is at a premium. Congress is going home in September... not Christmas Eve. Democrats are scrambling because they want to get back home and start campaigning for reelection. They are afraid that they are not going to get reelected. So for now the focus moves to USFWS and Proposed Rule Change. But... stay alert & stay alive!
-----
USARK

[ Hide Replies ]

• UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - USARK, Wed Mar 31 10:32:25 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - BRhaco, Wed Mar 31 11:14:05 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - USARK, Wed Mar 31 11:52:15 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - BRhaco, Wed Mar 31 14:47:37 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - EricWI, Wed Mar 31 17:33:32 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - Jaykis, Wed Mar 31 19:33:54 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Wed Mar 31 20:46:07 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - brhaco, Wed Mar 31 20:52:32 2010
• Thank you. - jscrick, Wed Mar 31 21:07:19 2010
• Tom is right! - USARK, Thu Apr 1 08:20:44 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - Jaykis, Thu Apr 1 09:36:09 2010
• RE: UPDATE: Invasive Species Hearing - thecaiman, Thu Apr 1 07:59:44 2010
• Good question - jscrick, Thu Apr 1 09:05:55 2010
• RE: Good question - thecaiman, Thu Apr 1 20:35:25 2010
• Comment of Rule Change - USARK, Thu Apr 1 09:35:18 2010
• RE: Comment of Rule Change - thecaiman, Thu Apr 1 20:34:05 2010
• RE: Comment of Rule Change - USARK, Fri Apr 2 07:30:06 2010
• RE: Comment of Rule Change - USARK, Fri Apr 2 07:41:49 2010