While none of these so-called cash-for-clunkers plans made it into the final economic stimulus package, at least one of the proposals is still considered viable by its sponsors and could turn up appended to a future bill.
Which is why it's a tad disappointing the rest of Hot Tub Time Machine appears to be a four-way-collision of Back to the Future, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Ski School (seen it? Don't) and The Hangover.
Not only are people living longer than they did in previous decades, the increase in longevity is happening at a far more rapid rate than those paid to calculate the cost of the future bill for public-sector pensions have estimated.
The future bill savings from net metering are uncertain and dependent on retail rate structures, wholesale market design, and renewable penetration levels, among other factors.
At the latest meeting, members will be divided into groups to consider a consultation paper produced by the bishops outlining options for a future bill.
This weekend's Nato summit in Chicago is supposed to cement the handover process and work out how to pay the future bill of supporting Afghanistan.
But in the next breath, he said: "We are going to work to fix that problem in a future bill, by explicitly including the biological and biomedical sciences".
A keynote speech is due to be given by the Archbishop of Wales on Friday along with a report from the bishops on possible options for a future Bill to ordain women as bishops.
