Except for the issue of airport screeners, the two competing bills scheduled for consideration today are similar.
The legislation is very much alive, having received favor from the governor, having been passed in the State Senate last spring and scheduled for consideration by the State Assembly this year.
Federal rules permit a vote by a duty officer when action is urgently needed, and cannot be practically scheduled for consideration by the commission.
The legislation tackling the issue of suspected terrorists buying guns, introduced by House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy last Friday, had been scheduled for consideration sometime this week.
As meetings continue, the neighborhood has not been scheduled for consideration, though the commission chairman, Robert B. Tierney, has said that it could happen soon.
The issues scheduled for consideration in the Senate on Tuesday were routine: an appointment by the governor, tax breaks for dairy farmers and a resolution commending the Green Bay Packers for their Super Bowl victory.
The issue is scheduled for consideration on Thursday, but several diplomats say that instead of allowing the resolutions to come to a vote, a bloc of undecided nations, led by the Islamic nations, may push to defer the issue for two years.
At least three sets of rules to cut pollution from operations that forge, grind, finish and treat metal are scheduled for consideration by the air quality board starting next year.
Both were within 36 months of their scheduled parole dates, a prerequisite for consideration in the Utah crew, and both had been moved to minimum-security quarters, another requirement.
But once again it is up for consideration, with Iowans scheduled to caucus only nine days from now and New Hampshirites set to vote just eight days later.
