Reply #28: Text of the so-called "compromise" isn't out of Senate committee. . .

[pat_k]

. . and it sounds like they are now talking about a "framework for a compromise" -- so they probably haven't nailed much down and I doubt they have done the markup required prior to taking a vote.

Sorry I missed your earlier query.

Warner's comment, "Once the president puts signature to paper, that's when we'll have a deal." is probably a good assessment of how close they really are to a "deal." The only "deal" that may have been struck today may be to shut up about their differences in public.

Each committee does it's own markup For example, see the http://www.house.gov/hasc/pressreleases/9-13-06HunterOpeningStatement.pdf">press release following the House Armed Services Committee vote (it only provides a generalized description of the changes they supposely recommended).

There may be easy ways to get the text of the recommended changes that come out of committee, but when there is nothing specific on the committee's site, I'm not sure where to find it.

So, we don't know what has changed. Since I haven't heard any direct attacks on the "RIGHTS NOT JUDICIALLY ENFORCEABLE" items, I wouldn't expect to see that abominable section deleted or changed.