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Re: [registrars] Sentate act.
note that it passed only one house so far......
Esther Dyson
At 08:04 AM 07/08/99 +0900, Robert F. Connelly wrote:
>Dear Colleagues:
>
>Just heard the news that the new anti cybersquatting law passed the U.S.
>Senate. This is some kind of speed record for bills before the
>Senate. Perhaps Internet time compression *really* works;-}
>
>Regards, BobC
>
>BTW, I was in D.C. from 13 to 17 June --- called on about 15 legislators
>and/or their aides "on the Hill".
>
>No one mentioned the proposed bill, which was dated 21 June. Only
>forty-five days from being "dropped" till it passed, speed of light,
>methinks:-) Bills of this type normally take two sessions, well over 365
>days --- if they make it at all.
>
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