>The managers of the bill brought it to the floor >under suspension of the (House) rules, meaning >it didn't go through the rules committee, which >is a normal course of action. Bills that are >brought up under suspension of the rules require >2/3rds majority to pass.
I bow to your superior knowledge. The Washington Post article on the subject confirms this.
The House passed the bill in question (It only takes 218 votes for a majority in the House, and this bill got 234). It won't become law because the President will veto it, thus the need for a 2/3rds majority to override. It's misleading to say that the House killed the bill.
BTW, I really hate it when articles quote blatant spin as if it were actually newsworthy.
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Just to add one more rambling point - I'd love to see another view of the universe that looks from Peter's and Valerie's perspectives. There's a big hole there about how Peter became Hegemon and Ender the Speaker for the Dead that I'm dying to find out what happened.
The story of how Ender became a Speaker for the Dead is in the new anthology Far Horizons, which collects new stories from extended series by current SF authors. It also has a David Brin Uplift story and a Dan Simmons Hyperion story.
Card's story also tells how Ender met Jane, his amazingly resourceful conscious spawned-from-the-galactic-internet-but-nonhostile AI friend.
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In my case it was Mormonism. I wish I'd known that at 12.
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>The managers of the bill brought it to the floor
>under suspension of the (House) rules, meaning
>it didn't go through the rules committee, which
>is a normal course of action. Bills that are
>brought up under suspension of the rules require
>2/3rds majority to pass.
I bow to your superior knowledge. The Washington Post article on the subject confirms this.
Online Contracts Fail in House
The Post also has an article from a few days ago on concerns that the new law would weaken consumer protection: Acti vists Call 'Digital Signature' Bills Flawed
A digital signature bill is still alive in the Senate, and hopefully this will all be worked out soon.
The House passed the bill in question (It only takes 218 votes for a majority in the House, and this bill got 234). It won't become law because the President will veto it, thus the need for a 2/3rds majority to override. It's misleading to say that the House killed the bill.
BTW, I really hate it when articles quote blatant spin as if it were actually newsworthy.
The story of how Ender became a Speaker for the Dead is in the new anthology Far Horizons, which collects new stories from extended series by current SF authors. It also has a David Brin Uplift story and a Dan Simmons Hyperion story.
Card's story also tells how Ender met Jane, his amazingly resourceful conscious spawned-from-the-galactic-internet-but-nonhostile AI friend.