On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:33:46 +0000, Rand Simberg wrote:

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:11:55 GMT, in a place far, far away, Craig Fink
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Who added the change to the bill slamming the door shut after only eight
years?

It was a compromise to get the bill through. There's always the
potential to fix that between now and then with new legislation (likely
to occur anyway as the industry continues to evolve).

Yes, I understand that, but was wondering what who or what group pushed
for this rather bad change to an otherwise good bill?

Likely the same people (Reps. Oberstar and Fazio) who were trying to
make the passenger safety regulations more stringent, and now.

Congressman Oberstar from the great state of Minnisota

http://www.oberstar.house.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={5FD9F422-A6B9-4F15-90EC-03D0F2032633}&DE={BEEDA247-98EA-4E92-A7E3-61E9DD691D57}

Congressman DeFazio?

Really I was more interested in who the comprimise was made for? Not the
Congressman who made the change. Maybe Congressman Oberstar could just be
empire building? Or, more likely, listening to someone or some group who
lobbied for the change or a more stringent change. Who are they?

Craig Fink