Advertiser reports that a version of the Akaka bill could be up for a vote on the floor of the U.S. House next week, and that “Hawai’i’s congressional delegation is close to reaching compromise language designed to satisfy both state and federal attorneys.” A vote in the Senate remains uncertain, since 60 votes will be needed to overcome a block (threat of filibuster) and the Dems lost their 60th seat with the election of Scott Brown in place of the late Edward Kennedy.
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Here’s the press release issued by the Republican minority on the House committee responsible for the Akaka bill:
http://tinyurl.com/ykldesk
Here’s the full text of the new version of the bill being pushed by Abercrombie, obtained from a reliable source, and which is also likely to be pushed in the Senate. In both chambers it would simply be introduced on the floor as a substitute for the versions already passed by the committees.
http://tinyurl.com/ygcxlkv