Although there has been little to report on our priorities in
the last month we did see final passage of H. 431, the foreclosure mediation
bill. Tomorrow I expect that the House Judiciary Committee will endorse its version
of S. 31, the “Billings” bill. I’m pretty sure that we’ll see final passage
this year although it is likely the Senate will initially refuse to concur and
ask for a committee of conference. The bills are not too far apart. The House
version has the support of all the parties that testified both for and against
the bill as introduced. So things are pretty close to resolution. We’ll see.
Right now the major items in the way of adjournment are
taxes and the budget. we’re still hoping for the end of the session on Saturday
May 11th. It could run into the following week. The Senate Appropriations
Committee initially hoped to complete work on its version of the budget last Friday.
Well, they missed that deadline and will probably take until Wednesday to
finish its work. Again, we just wait and see.Thanks for reading. I’ll let you know tomorrow if S. 31 comes out of committee.
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