The Congressional Review Act

[TimM]

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However, Congress does retain the right of review, both in informal ways and in formal ways as codified by the Congressional Review Act. In fact, there is actually a backdoor way to kill the bill. Specifically, a "Resolution of Disapproval" can be introduced into each chamber. If this resolution passes both the House and the Senate, and the President signs the bill, then the bill is effectively killed.

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Can this be applied to only a portion of the bill? Obviously it's useless to hope they would apply this to the entire Port Security bill.

[SlapPappy]

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Good find, Nate.

Anyone live in Barney Frank's district want to send him an email to see what he is planning re: the UIGEA regs? He will be chairman of the Financial Services Committee. It would be sweet if he lobbied to apply the Congressional Review Act to this BS bill. I'd send him an email but he only responds to those in his district.

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However, Congress does retain the right of review, both in informal ways and in formal ways as codified by the Congressional Review Act. In fact, there is actually a backdoor way to kill the bill.

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Even though nothing may come of this, this is one of the reasons for poker players that it was so important to toss the Republicans from power in Congress.

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OM FRICKING GOD. This is great news. Frank hates this bill. He hit the nail on the head with his statements about it. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[SlapPappy]

<font color="orange"> Okay my only question now is why wouldn't Frank try and kill the Bill?</font> [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[SlapPappy]

<font color="red"> I just hope Fricking Pelosi doesn't get in Franks way. I read she voted for it. </font> [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

<font color="blue">Pretty Colors. And from that sixty minutes interview, I am not sure what to think about her. </font>

[whangarei]

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<font color="red"> I just hope Fricking Pelosi doesn't get in Franks way. I read she voted for it. </font> [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

<font color="blue">Pretty Colors. And from that sixty minutes interview, I am not sure what to think about her. </font>

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<font color="orange">Yeah, Pelosi worries me a bit, considering her vote and her statements re: IG. I don't see her driving new IG-negative legislation. But I am concerned she might get in the way of a poker carve-out or some Barney Frank -style Congressional Review Act magic.</font>

[FatalError]

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Good find, Nate.

Anyone live in Barney Frank's district want to send him an email to see what he is planning re: the UIGEA regs? He will be chairman of the Financial Services Committee. It would be sweet if he lobbied to apply the Congressional Review Act to this BS bill. I'd send him an email but he only responds to those in his district.

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However, Congress does retain the right of review, both in informal ways and in formal ways as codified by the Congressional Review Act. In fact, there is actually a backdoor way to kill the bill.

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Even though nothing may come of this, this is one of the reasons for poker players that it was so important to toss the Republicans from power in Congress.

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i hit him up, i'll post here when i get a response next week hopefully

i love this dude, i've lived in his district my whole life. he's basically one of those guys who can say whatever he wants and create all the controversy he wants and win a lock every time

[whangarei]

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i hit him up, i'll post here when i get a response next week hopefully

i love this dude, i've lived in his district my whole life. he's basically one of those guys who can say whatever he wants and create all the controversy he wants and win a lock every time

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Cool. Looking forward to hear his response.

[Thebes]

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In general, once a bill is passed by Congress and signed by the President, authority for drafting and enforcing regulations transfers from the Legislative Branch to agencies within the Executive Branch. In this case, I believe the relevant agency is the Federal Reserve.

[/ QUOTE ] The relevant agencies are the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury.

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Not to nit-pick here, but the Federal Reserve is NOT an agency of the United States. It is a private central banking system and not a part of the evecutive branch, nor even a part of the government at all. This distinction is very important in understanding who will make the regulations and how they may do so.

[mmbt0ne]

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He will be chairing that subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security. According to a blurb in our local paper, online gambling is one of the things they discuss in it.

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FWIW, the majority party is free to create/destroy any subcommittees they want. So, hopefully, this one stays and doesn't see any changes in topics they discuss.

[Cooder]

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...and the President signs the bill...

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Ay, there's the rub.