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Originally Posted by Rockefeller  I don't think the bill is going to go far anyway, there are no hearings scheduled for the bill. I think raising awareness and getting the petition going are great precautions. |
There does not have to be a hearing. This bill can simply get attached to one slatted for signature and it is signed into law. Often this is how congress passes bills.
You vote for my bill and we'll include yours with it.
In other words, I can have a bill to RID THE US OF MAN EATING COCKROACHES. It passes both houses. But in the meantime deals were made along the way to include this bill and that bill in exchange for votes. The subsequent bills are literally "buried" in the signed bill but nevertheless become law.
That is why they call it politicking.
As for this spelling the gloom and doom of domaining, they have no idea of the legal wrangling this would cause for business, domainers, registrars, and commerce in general.
Even if it was passed, someone could easily make a motion to repeal it. But in the meantime, there will be a huge mess as it goes through more stages of revisions, rewrites, etc.
The most recent of which I recall being repealed was the "SUV tax break" fiasco.
But having dual parties sponsor this makes it easier to sell to other members of congress and tougher to repeal.