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thx997303 wrote:
Really? Where would I find the wording on both of them, according to an article I read, the other one didn't have the ammendment.
Of course, the article was from a major media outlet. So, grain of salt I guess.
Don't have the wording, but there here is the proof:
http://gunowners.org/a052009.htm
"As it stands today, both houses of Congress have now passed the Coburn amendment -- and President Obama is expected to sign the provision into law (only because it is part of a larger credit card bill that he really wants). "
Nothing was ever submitted to Obama in the first place. They had to hammer out the differences between the two bills before even thinking about shipping it off the president.
What you are thinking of is the House version of the bill from a few days ago which indeed did not have the National Park Amendment in it.
Today the Senate and House hammered out the differences in he bill and submitted only
one version of the bill to the President. Therein, two versions were not submitted.
What was on the chopping block was whether the House would strip out the Coburn Amendment in the final version of the bill.
They did not.
And now Obama has a single bill on the way to his desk that carries the Coburn Amendment.
You don't have just one part of Congress submitting something to the President.
Both houses must vote on the bill.
While each part of Congress can have it's own version of the bill, both sides must agree on a single version before something can be sent to the President
