The move is likely to be welcomed by performers, who would be allowed to spoof work without seeking permission from the copyright holder, proposals the Business Secretary will accept when he delivers his response at a conference this morning.
GE also lobbied on bills that included stronger protections for credit card holders and proposals to prop up the nation's financial system.
Others are concentrating on the content of Holder's proposals, and hopefully this debate will continue into the future.
The paralysis followed a backlash against Mr. Holder's proposal to prosecute suspected conspirators in the Sept. 11 attacks in a Manhattan federal courthouse.
Mr. Markus said the city's corporation counsel had prepared a 10-page memo that said Ms. Holder's proposal was "not consistent with the powers of the Rent Guidelines Board".
Under Mr. Icahn's proposal, holders of XO debt would get the remaining 50percentt of the reorganized company's equity and no cash.
But limiting eligibility to domain name holders is a proposal criticized by the second report, which was released yesterday by a consortium composed of representatives from the Center for Democracy and Technology and 10 other research organizations.
In a move to assuage debt holders, Air Canada said both proposals would also include a rights offering that would allow all creditors to buy more than 350 million Canadian dollars of new shares on the same terms as the bidder.
Unit holders voted on the proposal at a special meeting on June 2.
Bankers say that the creditors believe 50 to 60 percent of private-sector bond holders might accept the proposal — although such a range remains a rough estimate.
