"NAtional: Agreement Reached to Move Holt Election Reform Bill"

But of course the actual text of the latest mutation of the Holt bill is nowhere to be seen... and will remain that way as long as possible...

The_Zapkitty #1

Yep. I also noticed that the Thomas mechanism brings up a page that says:

There are 2 versions of Bill Number H.R.811 ...

1 . (Introduced in House)[H.R.811.IH]

2 . (Reported in House)[H.R.811.RH]

(HR 811). My count now says possibly three, not two any more.

After all, there were two texts when Stenny added his "whatever he has added" to the two. Perhaps he did not change the text of the marked up version, and thus there are still only two versions. Or perhaps the website has not caught up yet.

I still find it interesting that you and I seem to be the only folk who have discussed S. 559, on this blog. Our discussion was about how similar and how different the two are. Our conclusion was that there was not much difference as I recall.

The S. 559 is still listed as the bi-cameral twin to HR 811. The text of S. 559 has not been changed, and since it is the bicameral co-bill, it will eventually have to be dealt with in conference committee if it gets out of the Senate committee.

The summary page for HR 811 still links to S. 559 at the "Related Bills" link, and the S. 559 page still says HR 811 is its co-related house bill.

My expectations are that the Senate republicans will filibuster S. 559 or cave to the EVM companies and rid it of the provision that allows you, John, Brad, me, or any other citizen to view the source code. They will also resist the only attempt anywhere to focus on the human corruption element and outlaw the Karen Harris and Ken Blackwell syndrome.

The report on HR 811 shows the bill was voted out of committee on party lines. The republicans opposing, even after they watered down the source code provisions, but the democrats favoring.