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Old 23rd June 2008, 05:30 PM
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Good piece on the vote...

Lawmakers to vote on suspending the UIGEA
By FreedomAtStake | View all Posts
Posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago 1 comment

Things are about to get very interesting on the Hill.

Tomorrow, June 24, should see a scheduled vote by the US House Committee on Financial Services regarding H.R. 5767. Specifically, that bill is Barney Frank's legislation to effectively suspend the UIGEA from ever being enforced.

So, what does this mean?

Well, Democrat Barney Frank sponsored the bill and is also the Chairman of the Committee, so that's a good sign. The bill was co-sponsored by Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, who also sits on the committee - another good sign. As well, the number of Democrats on the committee outnumbers the Republicans.

So, all things considered, one would have to think that this bill has a pretty good chance of passing through this vote.

But what then?

That's when things get cloudy because .....
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