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it was never going to get through..

Posted by Tony on Wed Dec 19, 2001 08:08:51 AM

In reply top Warbird Bill defeated - from www.aopa.org posted by Paul Coggan on Wed Dec 19, 2001 03:54:58 AM

Sorry for seeming cynical.

But that provision, was never going to get through, with the amount of Republican voting(and contributing) warbird owners in the US

Tony





: FROM www.aopa.org
:
: Congress passes defense authorization with no warbird prov
: ision
: Bill now goes to President
:
: Update: Dec. 14 ? Congress passed the conference report to
: accompany the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1438
: ) yesterday. The Senate's 96-2 approval last night came af
: ter the House voted to approve the conference report, 382-
: 40, earlier in the day. The bill now goes to the president
: for signature. House-Senate conferees on S. 1438 reached
: an agreement Wednesday and removed the "warbird provision"
: in the final version of the legislation. AOPA worked with
: the conferees, in particular Chairman Bob Stump of the Ho
: use Armed Services Committee (R-Ariz.), Senator Max Clelan
: d (D-Ga.), and AOPA member Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) to
: remove this section that could have resulted in the destr
: uction of vintage military aircraft.
:
: A great Christmas present
:
: Paul

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